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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 04:12 PM Nov 2019

Russia says it showed hypersonic nuclear missile system to U.S. inspectors

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday it had shown the country's new Avangard nuclear missile system to U.S. inspectors for the first time, a move Moscow said showed a key arms control treaty was still effective.

Russia is due to deploy next month the Avangard system, a hypersonic glide vehicle designed to sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile, one of several new types of weapons touted by President Vladimir Putin as ahead of their time.

The Defence Ministry said a group of visiting U.S. arms inspectors had been shown the Avangard system from Nov. 24-26 under the auspices of the New START treaty, which came into effect in 2011.

The treaty limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads the world’s two biggest nuclear powers can deploy to no more than 1,550 each.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-says-it-showed-hypersonic-nuclear-missile-system-to-us-inspectors/ar-BBXmOTg?li=BBnbcA1

I have very big missile. Bigger than yours Trump. - V. Putin.

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Russia says it showed hypersonic nuclear missile system to U.S. inspectors (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 OP
At this point they can say anything and we have no way of dewsgirl Nov 2019 #1
Not to Mention... The_Counsel Nov 2019 #2
...I know. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #3
It says they showed U.S. inspectors. We must know something. :p NCLefty Nov 2019 #5
I had to look up what a hypersonic weapon is: icymist Nov 2019 #4

The_Counsel

(1,660 posts)
2. Not to Mention...
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 04:21 PM
Nov 2019

...if they're showing us this "cutting edge" technology now, they probably have something even more advanced coming down the pike--or already in place.

That's not evil, it's smart.

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