Russia's Medvedev test fires long-range missile

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

PLESETSK COSMODROME, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev oversaw the test firing of an intercontinental Topol missile on Sunday and vowed to commission new generation weapons for Russia's armed forces.

A Reuters reporter said the truck-mounted Topol was fired at 3:23 a.m. EDT in drizzling rain from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, which is nestled among the taiga forests of Russia's north.

Half an hour later it hit the Kura testing site, 6000 km (3700 miles) away on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Pacific.

"I have just been told that the dummy warhead has landed in Kura," Medvedev said from the Topol launch pad where acrid smoke from the missile still hung thick in the air.

"We will continue to commission new types of weapons but we will also continue testing the ones we have now," said Medvedev. "Their effectiveness has been proved by time. Our shield is fine."



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49A1HA20081012

[HopeHoops]

1. Bush replied, "Oh yeah, well, well, um, So THERE!"

This is one of those "Neener Neener" moments. Bush has no credibility and Medvedev knows it. Speaking of which, since Medvedev is the President, why is Palin worried about Putin's head?