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patricia92243

(12,597 posts)
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 09:50 AM Dec 2018

Russia - of course they will never attack us because their president is our friend :(

Russia

A nuclear missile that's impossible to stop? Russian President Vladimir Putin claims his country has just that. Putin says Russia's new hypersonic missile system is "invulnerable" to US defenses and will be put into service next year. The missile system underwent a test Wednesday at an air base in southwest Russia.

The missile, called the Avangard, has intercontinental range and can reportedly fly as fast as 15,000 mph. The Russians also claim it can adjust both altitude and direction and fly low enough to avoid most missile defense systems.

A US official told CNN earlier this year that the weapons system is not close to being operational, and analysts caution that Russian boasts of new military capabilities are often overblown.

From CNN but I don't know how to do a link.

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Russia - of course they will never attack us because their president is our friend :( (Original Post) patricia92243 Dec 2018 OP
The good news, such as it is, is that missile defense systems probably don't work anyway. Girard442 Dec 2018 #1

Girard442

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1. The good news, such as it is, is that missile defense systems probably don't work anyway.
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:43 AM
Dec 2018

So things haven't actually become worse.

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