Report: Moscow Tests New Missile System

[maddezmom]

MOSCOW - Russia has successfully tested a modernized anti-ballistic missile system, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) on Monday, according to the Interfax news agency.



Ivanov told Putin that his ministry would "further perfect and modernize the anti-ballistic missile system," the news agency reported.


He said the anti-ballistic missile had passed its test on Monday morning at the Sary-Shagaz testing range in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.


Ivanov said earlier that Russia would test-fire a mobile version of the new Topol-M missile before the year's end and would commission it next year.

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. The arms race is good for companies like Haliburton

[daleo]

2. I wonder if the Russians are really wasting money on this

Or just claiming to do so, to encourage Bush to continue breaking the bank.

[bemildred]

3. A good question.

I wondered if he was blowing smoke too.