Russia Said Planning Nuclear Exercise

[Randi_Listener]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040130/ap_on_re_eu/russia_nuclear_exercise_5

MOSCOW - Russia's nuclear forces reportedly are preparing their largest maneuvers in two decades, an exercise involving the test-firing of missiles and flights by dozens of bombers in a massive simulation of an all-out nuclear war.

President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) is expected to personally oversee the maneuvers, which are apparently aimed at demonstrating the revival of the nation's military might and come ahead of Russian elections in March.

The business newspaper Kommersant said the exercise was set for mid-February and would closely resemble a 1982 Soviet exercise dubbed the "seven-hour nuclear war" that put the West on edge.

Official comments on the upcoming exercise have been sketchy. The chief of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces, Col.-Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, was quoted by the Interfax-Military News Agency as saying the planned maneuvers would involve several launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles in various regions of Russia, but he wouldn't give further details.

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The cold war is over? Bullshit.

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[truhavoc]

2. looks like putin is learning a line from dubya

Also in the article:

"Kommersant said Moscow had notified Washington about the exercise, describing it as part of efforts to fend off terror threats even though it imitates the Cold War scenario of an all-out war."


Do you think this is a shot at Bush?

[alittlelark]

3. But Bush is a uniter

I guess he's uniting the world against us. Let's hope it is a 'cold war' again.

[NNN0LHI]

4. Wonder why they would do this after two decades? n/t

[bemildred]

5. Yeah, what ever made them think of doing that? nt

[lazarus]

6. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=338615