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The Russian Space Forces test launched a Topol RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said.
It was launched at 10:45 a.m. Moscow time [06:45 GMT] from the Plesetsk Space Center and hit a designated target on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The launch was designed to test the stability of the basic specifications of this class of missiles as their service life has been extended to 24 years, the ministry said.
If the U.S and Russia are supposed to get rid of their nukes why is Russia testing theirs?
Russia test launches Topol ICBM
The Russian Space Forces test launched a Topol RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said.
It was launched at 10:45 a.m. Moscow time [06:45 GMT] from the Plesetsk Space Center and hit a designated target on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The launch was designed to test the stability of the basic specifications of this class of missiles as their service life has been extended to 24 years, the ministry said.
Russia test launches Topol ICBM | Defense | RIA Novosti
I am sure the asshat will be along to find something wrong in this thread also.
If the U.S and Russia are supposed to get rid of their nukes why is Russia testing theirs?
Russia test launches Topol ICBM
The Russian Space Forces test launched a Topol RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said.
It was launched at 10:45 a.m. Moscow time [06:45 GMT] from the Plesetsk Space Center and hit a designated target on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The launch was designed to test the stability of the basic specifications of this class of missiles as their service life has been extended to 24 years, the ministry said.
Russia test launches Topol ICBM | Defense | RIA Novosti
I am sure the asshat will be along to find something wrong in this thread also.
Who is the asshat?
We're all allies now, Cold War Dinosaur, except N Korea. Change the channel
Why don't you and the Foxbats invade? Idiocy.
Let's have an honest discussionum.....i dont see the big deal here?
We test things all the time to see if they are working properly...
You do this with your car constantly.
Ya know...during the cold war we actually talked to the Russians. Why can't we talk to our enemies anymore? The Iranians for example?
Let's have an honest discussionum.....i dont see the big deal here?
We test things all the time to see if they are working properly...
You do this with your car constantly.
When was the last time we tested our nuclear weapons? If you are supposed to cut back while do more test?
Nuclear weapons testing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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so was there an explosion?
Aren't they supposed to be reducing their weapons system instead of maintaining them?The single-warhead RT-2UTTH Topol-M is an advanced version of the silo-based and mobile Topol intercontinental ballistic missile. While the SS-25 Topol is generally similar to the American Minuteman-2, the more sophisticated SS-27 Topol-M is comparable to the American Minuteman-3. The Topol-M is 22.7 meters (75 feet) long and has a diameter of 1.95 meters (6 feet 3 inches). The missile weighs 47.2 metric tons and has a range of 11,000 kilometers (6,900 miles). The solid-propellant three-stage Topol-M missile complex, with a standardized (silo and mobile) missile, is to become the foundation of the Russian strategic nuclear forces in the 21st century. It is planned to accommodate Topol-M both on self-propelled launchers as well as in silos. High survivability of the mobile complex is achieved by the capability of off-road movement, comprising of continuous change in location and of a missile launch from any point along the movement route.
RT-2UTTH - Topol-M - SS-27
The U.S. Air Force successfully test launched an unarmed Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The missiles three warheads hit a water target near the Marshall Islands approximately 6,700 km from Vandenberg, and the test was said to be a complete success. Minuteman tests take place several times a year for routine testing. (Article, Link)
MissileThreat :: Minuteman I
The Russian ICBM as shown is the counterpart to the US Minuteman 3, and both these missiles have been test fired and upgraded over the years. I would not read into Russia test firing a a Topel-M Missile too much, especially when they do not invest anywhere near as much money in Defense as we do, in fact we invest around 700 Billion a year and Russia is going to spend that much in the next 10 years.
The single-warhead RT-2UTTH Topol-M is an advanced version of the silo-based and mobile Topol intercontinental ballistic missile. While the SS-25 Topol is generally similar to the American Minuteman-2, the more sophisticated SS-27 Topol-M is comparable to the American Minuteman-3. The Topol-M is 22.7 meters (75 feet) long and has a diameter of 1.95 meters (6 feet 3 inches). The missile weighs 47.2 metric tons and has a range of 11,000 kilometers (6,900 miles). The solid-propellant three-stage Topol-M missile complex, with a standardized (silo and mobile) missile, is to become the foundation of the Russian strategic nuclear forces in the 21st century. It is planned to accommodate Topol-M both on self-propelled launchers as well as in silos. High survivability of the mobile complex is achieved by the capability of off-road movement, comprising of continuous change in location and of a missile launch from any point along the movement route.
RT-2UTTH - Topol-M - SS-27
The U.S. Air Force successfully test launched an unarmed Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The missiles three warheads hit a water target near the Marshall Islands approximately 6,700 km from Vandenberg, and the test was said to be a complete success. Minuteman tests take place several times a year for routine testing. (Article, Link)
MissileThreat :: Minuteman I
The Russian ICBM as shown is the counterpart to the US Minuteman 3, and both these missiles have been test fired and upgraded over the years. I would not read into Russia test firing a a Topel-M Missile too much, especially when they do not invest anywhere near as much money in Defense as we do, in fact we invest around 700 Billion a year and Russia is going to spend that much in the next 10 years.
The single-warhead RT-2UTTH Topol-M is an advanced version of the silo-based and mobile Topol intercontinental ballistic missile. While the SS-25 Topol is generally similar to the American Minuteman-2, the more sophisticated SS-27 Topol-M is comparable to the American Minuteman-3. The Topol-M is 22.7 meters (75 feet) long and has a diameter of 1.95 meters (6 feet 3 inches). The missile weighs 47.2 metric tons and has a range of 11,000 kilometers (6,900 miles). The solid-propellant three-stage Topol-M missile complex, with a standardized (silo and mobile) missile, is to become the foundation of the Russian strategic nuclear forces in the 21st century. It is planned to accommodate Topol-M both on self-propelled launchers as well as in silos. High survivability of the mobile complex is achieved by the capability of off-road movement, comprising of continuous change in location and of a missile launch from any point along the movement route.
RT-2UTTH - Topol-M - SS-27
The U.S. Air Force successfully test launched an unarmed Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The missiles three warheads hit a water target near the Marshall Islands approximately 6,700 km from Vandenberg, and the test was said to be a complete success. Minuteman tests take place several times a year for routine testing. (Article, Link)
MissileThreat :: Minuteman I
The Russian ICBM as shown is the counterpart to the US Minuteman 3, and both these missiles have been test fired and upgraded over the years. I would not read into Russia test firing a a Topel-M Missile too much, especially when they do not invest anywhere near as much money in Defense as we do, in fact we invest around 700 Billion a year and Russia is going to spend that much in the next 10 years.
Well, that certainly answer's Littletraitor's question....
Aren't they supposed to be reducing their weapons system instead of maintaining them?The single-warhead RT-2UTTH Topol-M is an advanced version of the silo-based and mobile Topol intercontinental ballistic missile. While the SS-25 Topol is generally similar to the American Minuteman-2, the more sophisticated SS-27 Topol-M is comparable to the American Minuteman-3. The Topol-M is 22.7 meters (75 feet) long and has a diameter of 1.95 meters (6 feet 3 inches). The missile weighs 47.2 metric tons and has a range of 11,000 kilometers (6,900 miles). The solid-propellant three-stage Topol-M missile complex, with a standardized (silo and mobile) missile, is to become the foundation of the Russian strategic nuclear forces in the 21st century. It is planned to accommodate Topol-M both on self-propelled launchers as well as in silos. High survivability of the mobile complex is achieved by the capability of off-road movement, comprising of continuous change in location and of a missile launch from any point along the movement route.
RT-2UTTH - Topol-M - SS-27
The U.S. Air Force successfully test launched an unarmed Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The missiles three warheads hit a water target near the Marshall Islands approximately 6,700 km from Vandenberg, and the test was said to be a complete success. Minuteman tests take place several times a year for routine testing. (Article, Link)
MissileThreat :: Minuteman I
The Russian ICBM as shown is the counterpart to the US Minuteman 3, and both these missiles have been test fired and upgraded over the years. I would not read into Russia test firing a a Topel-M Missile too much, especially when they do not invest anywhere near as much money in Defense as we do, in fact we invest around 700 Billion a year and Russia is going to spend that much in the next 10 years.
This might help.....
THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY
ARTICLE I
BASIC OBLIGATIONS
1. Each State Party undertakes not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, and to prohibit and prevent any such nuclear explosion at any place under its jurisdiction or control.
2. Each State Party undertakes, furthermore, to refrain from causing, encouraging, or in any way participating in the carrying out of any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion
THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY
On April 21, the lower house of the Russian parliament, the Duma, voted by 298 votes to 74 to approve the ratification of the Comprehensive Test ban Treaty (CTBT). The approval was unconditional and formal accession is expected to take place soon after the Federal Assembly gives its blessing to the move. Russia will join France and the UK as nuclear-weapon state parties. China is expected to follow suit, but US ratification efforts are still reeling from the October 1999 rejection of the Treaty by the Senate. The accord, signed in September 1996, will enter into force upon its ratification by all 44 states listed as possessing nuclear facilities. Russia will be the 30th of these states to accede. Three of the listed countries... India, Pakistan and North Korea... have yet to sign the Treaty.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): Russian Ratification of the CTBT
Underground tests in the United States continued until 1992 (its last nuclear testing), the Soviet Union in 1990, the United Kingdom in 1991, and both China and France in 1996. After signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1996 (which has as of 2011 not yet entered into force), all of these states have pledged to discontinue all nuclear testing. Non-signatories India and Pakistan last tested nuclear weapons in 1998.
