US nuclear arsenal a dangerous remnant – The Boston Globe

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, 21st Century, Boston Globe, Caverns, Concrete Bunkers, Earth, Exquisite Landscape, Icbms, Men And Women, Military Officers, Missile Alert Facilities, Missile Launch, Northern Rockies, Nuclear Arsenal, Prisoners, Remnant, Russia, Russians, Targets, Young Men

AT MORE than a dozen “missile alert facilities’’ in caverns below the exquisite landscape of the northern Rockies, teams of young men and women spend 24-hour shifts in steel-and-concrete bunkers. They are highly disciplined military officers, but they are also prisoners to the past, condemned to carry out an earth-shattering mission that makes absolutely no [...]

ICBMs Without Nukes: USA’s Best New Weapon? – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in November 4th, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in Military, arsenal, Barack Obama, Blog, Enemies, Globe, Icbms, New Weapon, Newsweek, Nuclear Warheads, Nukes, Planes, Ratchet, Striking Distance, terrorists, United States, warships, Wealth Of Nations

How might the United States ratchet up pressure on foreign enemies and threats, wherever they are on the globe, while reducing the need to station warships, planes, and troops within striking distance? A new type of weapon might do the trick–and even facilitate President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce the U.S. arsenal of nuclear warheads, [...]

The Missiles of October

Posted by Matt in October 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, U.S., Aim, Chess, Chess Enthusiast, Field History, History News, Icbms, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Intermediate Range, Missiles Of October, News Network, Nikita Khrushchev, Nuclear Balance, Range Missile, Russia, Soviet Empire, Stroke, United States

In the summer of 1962, the leader of the great Soviet empire, Nikita Khrushchev, faced a serious problem. His huge intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) didn’t work. Their launchers were unreliable, their aim was off and the fuel used to rocket them skyward was so volatile that they had to be stored empty. In case of [...]

Russia Tests ICBMs

Posted by Matt in October 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Defense Ministry, Georgy, Global Security Newswire, Icbms, Missiles, Northern Russia, Ryazan, submarines, Targets, Xinhua News Agency

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday that it had launched two ICBMs from submarines, the Xinhua News Agency reported (see GSN, Oct. 9).
Fired on Oct. 6 and 7 from the vessels Svyatoi Georgy Pobedonosets and Ryazan submarines, the RSM-50 missiles reached their assigned targets in northern Russia, the ministry said.
NTI: Global Security Newswire – Russia Tests [...]

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 [...]

China said expanding its nukes, ICBMs

Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Missiles, 10 Years, China, Icbms, Intelligence, Miere, Missile Force, Missile Forces, Nuclear Missile, Nukes, Russia

“Estimates gathered by Jane’s Intelligence Review show that within 10 years China may have a much larger total missile force, although not as large as Russia or the U.S., and it will utilize a range of modern technologies to ensure the effective retaliatory purpose of China’s long-range nuclear missile forces,” Jane’s editor Christian Le Miere [...]

Iran’s ICBM program presents real threat to U.S. in near future

Posted by Matt in April 3rd, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, East Europe, Eastern Seaboard, Icbms, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Icbm, Iran, Launch, Mainland, Middle East, Missile Age, Missile-Defense, New Age, Nuclear Missiles, tehran, United States, Warheads

Iran remains committed to developing a long-range ICBM that can extend Tehran’s military reach to Europe and the United States. The Middle East, Europe and even the Eastern Seaboard of the United States may find themselves within range of Iranian nuclear missiles in the next three to five years or less.
Even in case of a [...]

The dangers of India – Pakistan war

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2008 | no comment

Published in India, Pakistan, War, Air Missiles, Aircraft Carriers, Bomb, bombs, Cruise-Missiles, Delivery Systems, Icbms, India Pakistan War, Indian Aircraft, Indian Subcontinent, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistani Nuclear Test, Pakistanis, Plutonium Production, Present Time, Submarine, Time Pakistan, Tritium, Uranium, Warheads, Weapons Of Mass Destruction

A review of Indian and Pakistani weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems shows just how scary the Indian subcontinent is at this present time.
“Pakistan uses both highly enriched uranium and plutonium for its nuclear weapons. The Khushab nuclear site has sufficient plutonium production for 40 to 50 warheads a year by itself. This site [...]

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, [...]

Russian Nuclear Forces: Use it or lose it by 2020

Posted by Matt in October 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Nuclear, Russia, Delta Iv, Fleet, Icbms, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Ivs, Mobile Ss, New Boats, Nuclear Submarines, Russian Nuclear Forces, Silo, Ss 25, Topol, Vestiges

Indeed, by 2020 the Soviet nuclear strategic potential inherited in 1991 will be mostly spent. All Soviet-made, silo-based, heavy SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missiles and land-based mobile SS-25 (Topol) ICBMs will be retired, as well as the six Delta III strategic nuclear submarines. The fleet of six Delta IV strategic submarines is planned to continue in [...]