Russia successfully test launches Topol ICBM | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire

Posted by Matt in December 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Russia, Astrakhan Region, Icbm, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Kapustin Yar, Koval, Launch, Missile Forces, Newswire, Operational Capability, Ria Novosti, Russian News, Shagan, South Russia, Spokesman, Strategic Missile, Target, Test Site, Top News, Topol, Vadim

Russia successfully test launched a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, a spokesman for the Strategic Missile Forces said.
Col. Vadim Koval said a RS-12M Topol missile was launched from the Kapustin Yar test site in south Russia’s Astrakhan Region, and hit the designated target in Sary-Shagan, Kazakhstan.
He said the launch was designed to test the [...]

How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works – Perimeter – Gizmodo

Posted by Matt in September 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Ballistic Missiles, Bombers, Doomsday, Icbm, Inter Continental, Launch, Missile, Nuclear Submarines, Nuclear Weapon, Perimeter, Russian Nukes, Scary Stuff, Silos, Soviets, Ss

Yesterday we learnt that the Soviets still have a working doomsday system in place. This is an SS-17 ICBM master missile, which are launched first. Once they are in the skies, they activate the launch for all the Russian nukes.
That includes every single nuclear weapon, every one of the Russian Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles in ground [...]

OfficialWire: China Hints At Unveiling Of New DF-41 ICBM

Posted by Matt in September 23rd, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in China, Added Bonus, Aerospace Academy, China Hints, Clinton Administration, Df, Icbm, Icbms, Missiles, Motor Technology, Nuclear Warheads, Officialwire, Profits, Rocket Motor, Selling Toys, solid-fuel, Unveiling, Warhead

Were you wondering what China was doing with all profits it made from selling toys to the U.S.? It was busy developing missiles with nuclear warheads and pointing them at U.S. cities.
As an added bonus, it is likely the nuclear warheads are based on U.S. designs. The designs for our top warheads were stolen by [...]

Iran Could Put U.S. in Missile Range by 2015, Air Force Report Warns

Posted by Matt in June 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Air Force Report, Ballistic Missile, Countries, Icbm, Iran, June 3, Missile Range, North-Korea, Paragraph, Space Launch, Taepodong 2, United States

“Iran has ambitious ballistic missile and space launch development programs and, with sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could develop and test an ICBM capable of reaching the United States by 2015,” the report says.
In the preceding paragraph, the report warns that North Korea’s Taepodong 2 missile could also be developed as an ICBM could put the [...]

North Korea’s satellite claim means ICBM threat is real at last

Posted by Matt in February 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Satellites, Space, Communications Satellite, Icbm, National Space, North-Korea, Orbit, pyongyang, Space Committee, Unha

North Korea’s National Space Committee announced Tuesday in Pyongyang that its “Unha-2 will put communications satellite Kwangmyongsong-2 into orbit.”
Read More…

USA and China – war?

Posted by Matt in February 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, U.S., War, Athens, beijing, Central Dilemma, China War, Diplomatic Level, Global Power, Icbm, Military Move, Modern History, Prelude, Renegade Province, Repatriation Process, rome, Scoff, Stators, Tendency, Verity, War America, Warheads, Washington D C

“America and China –War? How ludicrous!” You may scoff- and in so doing, you could comfortably consider yourself a member of the vast majority …today.

In recent modern history however, on no less than a diplomatic level, China actually threatened to unleash an ICBM with multiple warheads now targeted on Los Angeles, if the U.S. was [...]

Russia to raise nuclear missile output fourfold

Posted by Matt in December 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Nuclear, Russia, Defence Systems, Deployment, Deputy Prime Minister, First Test, Icbm, Icbms, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Military Experts, Missile Defence, New Arsenal, New Generation, Nuclear Missile, Russia, Warhead

Military experts said the planned new arsenal was presumed to consist of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) rather than submarine-launched missiles. If this is the case, the plans represent a fourfold increase in the rate of ICBM deployment. The arsenal will include a new-generation, multiple-warhead ICBM called the RS-24. It was first test-fired in 2007, [...]

‘Iran missiles could hit US by 2015′

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, U.S., Icbm, Intel, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Iran Missiles, Reuters, Timeframe

“If you look at the assessment by the Intel community, they say that by about 2015, 2017, in that timeframe, they may even have a missile that can reach the United States, which is an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) class missile,” he added as quoted by Reuters.
Read More…