Saturday, 4 October 2008

Russia hopes to deploy new nuclear missile next year

Colonel-General Vladimir Popovkin, head of armaments for the Russian armed forces, said he hopes to see the new Bulava submarine-launched nuclear missile enter service next year.

Source: Alert 5 - Military Aviation News October 02, 2008

2 comments:

sanjay augustine said...

It is a ray of hope for the rebalancing of power in international relations as Russia prepares to test a new nuclear missile. But Russia must never forget that is has a faltering economy to manage. And that requires the diversification of it's economy from oil and weapons. Not saber rattling with it's neighbours.

Anonymous said...

that is a very articulate and well developed comment of yours. Russia really needs to restore it's failing economy, it's demographic crisis and a whole range of complex issues. Saber rattling and hardline policies by the Russian establishment will only push Russia's neighbors toward the US for security and EU for economic assurances. Besides it will also strengthen the argument of European to diversify it's energy resources, thus depriving it of hard cash.