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    Medvedev: Test of much-heralded new missile done

    MOSCOW (AP) — A ballistic missile that is to be a cornerstone of Russia's nuclear arsenal has completed its rocky test program and will be commissioned by the military, President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday during a meeting with military officers.

    The Bulava ICBM, intended to arm a new generation of nuclear submarines, is a three-stage missile that can carry up to 10 individually targeted warheads at a range of 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles).

    The Bulava suffered a string of failures during tests that dragged on for years, raising doubts about the future of the most expensive military project in the nation's post-Soviet history. Several recent tests, however, have been successful, including last week's simultaneous launch of two Bulavas.

    Russian officials have billed Bulava as a new-generation weapon, capable of dodging any potential missile defenses, thanks to its quick start and an ability to perform unusual maneuvers in flight. The Bulava would replace Soviet-built missiles approaching the end of their service lifetimes.

    The Russian navy also has finished building the first of a new series of nuclear-powered submarines to be armed with the new missile, the Yuri Dolgoruky. Several other such submarines are under construction.

     

    41 comments

    • Nino  •  Troy, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      Let them make it, it costs their country millions of dollars while they do. Obviously the Russians aren't too happy about that with Putin...
    • Rabble Rabble Rabble  •  5 mths ago
      Why can't we leave the wars and aggressions on COD: Modern Warfare 3? I mean really? Think about how awesome that would be...

      Obama: Hey Medvedev, how bout some good ol' 1v1 quick scope to settle this dispute?!

      Medvedev: Quick scope is gay, camping is where it's at, but you're on!

      Dispute...done!
      • Yannis 5 mths ago
        Would be wonderful, wouldn't be??
        Greed and power, but mostly greed are preventing it to happen
      • Matthew 5 mths ago
        The world needs dreamers. But it would be nice of you visited reality for a while.
      • You lose the game 5 mths ago
        Lol, as if Medvedev would play such a noobish game.
    • Bill White  •  Saginaw, Michigan  •  5 mths ago
      Yep it's always a good thing when world leaders all over the planet are building bigger and better killing machines of mass destruction !!!
      • R 5 mths ago
        the people want them, and that is the reason weapons will get more sophisticated and more powerful than even before.wouldn't you like to have a personal atomic weapon at your disposal in case the bankers get bail out again at taxpayers expenses , while you go hungry and without medical cover and be told how many hours you have to work ,and how you have to follow ,and obey the laws of someone else that you never had a say about them ,and the gangster god religion that has been foisted upon the people by those with weapons upon those who are without them ?
    • ALI007  •  Houston, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      So Europe USA and ISrael are working together and building newer weapons and defences. On the other side Russia Iran & China are doing the same. All are claiming that their arms are for defensive and peacefull purposes. Hmm I think ill move to the moon now.
      • Brad 5 mths ago
        It will be WWIII soon enough.
      • W 5 mths ago
        Can I go with you?
      • Two Cents 5 mths ago
        I don't know if history will decribe these actions as the opening gambits of WWlll but the posturing of the main players is enough to scare the crap out of me. WWll started out under very similar conditions.
    • w glen  •  Lexington, Kentucky  •  5 mths ago
      eger cassy predicted russia would become the hope of the world,an not of the communistic,probably made israel angery,
      • Jan Trescak 4 mths ago
        Russia stopped Mongols, Ottomans, Napoleon and Hitler. They took the brunt of it in every catastrophic threat to so call western world.
    • Dave  •  Orange City, Florida  •  5 mths ago
      As I have posted before, NO ONE stupid enough to believe they can launch a nuclear weapon and win. It is a no win option because as soon as one is launched it will set off WW3 and ultimatly the end of everything. You want the world to end in 2012? Keep posting this crap Yahoo.
      • Brad 5 mths ago
        so are u saying it would be yahoos fault?
      • Dave 5 mths ago
        ummm obviously no but their choice of news reporting fuels "opinions" Also I can't believe you asked me that question as obviously Yahoo can not cause the end of the world. Its not just Yahoo, its media in general stoking the fire so to speak by reporting all this stuff. Why, do you work for Yahoo?
      • Brad 5 mths ago
        I am not the same brad as the one above you...
        But Goldilocks or whatever your name is ... is right, the media has a lot of influence on people. It makes people blind and ignorant, thus the reason I don't watch the news I experience first hand.
    • jsphx  •  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  •  5 mths ago
      Wow. What great benefit the world gets out of arms control agreements with Russia. How about arms control agreements with Iran and North Korea. We can live in the dream world of illusory safety they provide.
    • w glen  •  Lexington, Kentucky  •  5 mths ago
      the united states has a 15 trillion debt,along with a 2 trillion chinese debt,even student loans are over a trillion dollars,the russians have a 87 billion dollar national debt,an now are updating their subs an missils,the soviet union fell from within because of debt,unabe to out spend the united states ,we,ll have to spend a lot now though .so the russians have now what economice can do
    • Командир спецназа  •  Petersburg, Russia  •  5 mths ago
      Russia and U.S. still have the power to mutually destroy each other, and that is the reason why we never have, and never will go to war. It would be a pointless war with no winners. However as long as the U.S. is messing around in our backyard we will continue to arm ourselves. It's much like when Russia placed missles in Cuba back in 1961. You didn't like it just as much as we don't like you placing missles near our borders.
    • Behshahr  •  Miami, Florida  •  5 mths ago
      What the f... does the world need new missiles for????? What we really need is Gort to come on down and zap all these WOMDs so we can start spending money on the things that really matter......
    • VALENTIN  •  5 mths ago
      Russia has right to protect itself, whether you like of not my western friends. Keep supporting our opposition that has barely 1 % of popularity:) Keep wasting your money. :) And keep being ignorant about Russian democracy. Keep stereotyping on us, Russia, Putin, you make us laugh. I don't need even buy ticket to cirсus, We have our American friends and Obama with Hilary to entertain us for free:)

      Just give us more:)
    • nick  •  New York, New York  •  5 mths ago
      the aliens will dismantle us in minutes. if we cannot catch an UFO we are waasting our time
    • sam  •  Montgomery, Alabama  •  5 mths ago
      Sounds like they are trying a Reagan approach to making things up!! Remeber Star wars
    • George  •  Maputo, Mozambique  •  5 mths ago
      This is sign that Russia dont need NATO as allied to strenghten is military capabilities...
    • Barry  •  Colorado Springs, Colorado  •  5 mths ago
      Welcome welcome step right up it's the new Cold War featuring China USA and Russia
    • Clear Eyes  •  5 mths ago
      This road leads to Devil Worms being the only life left in the world. Do the developers of such armament (on all sides) really hate life so much? Each should take a personal initiative to take a long walk on a shorter pier.
    • W  •  5 mths ago
      The cold war is over. We are now in the cool war.
    • jose reyes  •  West Palm Beach, Florida  •  5 mths ago
      Obama and Putin are playing with missiles, and sooner or later one of them is going to miss the target. What a waste money!!!
    • George  •  Maputo, Mozambique  •  5 mths ago
      In other words the approch of missile defense in Europe became obsolete...
    • Россия  •  5 mths ago
      The agressive missile placements will be destroyed. Why you continue to take money from your tax base while your roads, bridges, and education systems fall into third world status? Yet you have money to waste on agressive missile system that encroaches on the motherland. Your country cannot event fully fund your social security liabilities, and Federal Reserve audits have found more then one year GDP given to foreign banking systems, all while devaluation of your dollar to keep two occupations and bring your sickness onto the footsteps of mother Russia. You are fighting lost cause as your country is already collapsing and a new era of Russian military might will crush the feeble war mongering of the US.
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