Russia Said Planning Nuclear Exercise

[p8ntball1016]

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.



What the hell is Russia doing practicing nuclear maneuvers against the United States?

[Rooster]

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

[personman]

Why dont we give a few mil to russia as a gift and sign a treaty so we can direct those damn missles and bombers to south korea

[spyder_strypes]

Originally posted by personman
Why dont we give a few mil to russia as a gift and sign a treaty so we can direct those damn missles and bombers to south korea

Did you mean north? Otherwise i don't get it...

[MiniMag84]

Originally posted by personman
Why dont we give a few mil to russia as a gift and sign a treaty so we can direct those damn missles and bombers to south korea

They'd probably just dump it into ICBM research.

[Rumble]

wow, its just like that guy from the future said. www.johntitor.com ... crazyness

[Wes Janson]

This is just the Russian form of reviving support for those in power. Gotta keep the support of all those aging right-wingers, or face losing one's political might. Unfortunately this is the same anywhere in the world.