Russia test-launches K65M-R missile designed to penetrate missile defenses

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/23/content_4462949.htm

MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Russia successfully test-launched a K65M-R missile on Saturday, the commander of Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces said. snip

The main purpose of the launch was to test a uniform warhead for land- and sea-based ballistic missiles and newly developed elements of a system designed to penetrate missile defenses, said Solovtsov.

Since its inception in 1946, the Kapustin Yar testing ground had witnessed 140 launches. Saturday's missile launch was the first one since 1999. Enditem

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Why bother? A blue and red plastic water rocket launched with a

Bicycle Pump would penetrate that stupid "missile defense".

[bdamomma]

2. I do not like the sound of this at all.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. Alyce, you sound surprised. Look at it from Russia's and China's POV.

They have long understood that the neocon cabal destroying the world has world domination, not cooperation, as its goal. They realize that we have a maniac as president and something far worse in our DOD and VP.

When the crazy guy who lives next to a school building starts loading up the shotgun and paces his front lawn back and forth, frothing about WMDs, terra-ists and we must fight them there to keep them away from here, the least bit of a reaction is to put on a Kevlar Jacket.
This missile is Russia's version of Kevlar. China's latest generation of diesel subs (super quiet) with low trajectory ICBMS, and their super-supersonic cruise missiles are another. Our Feckless Leader has forced this escalation and has caused them to speed their R&D. Which everyone rational predicted, but which the Bushistas ignored. Again.

[Oversea Visitor]

4. Not only that

they supply the weapons
Arabs world will supply the money and mans
How stupid can the chimp get :evilgrin: VERY VERY STUPID.