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Russia to increase nuclear missile cache



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Published Date: 03 October 2008
By Michael Stott
RUSSIA hopes next year to deploy a new nuclear missile designed to penetrate anti-missile defences, and will build eight submarines to carry it.
Yesterday's statement underlines Moscow's determination to upgrade its nuclear strike forces on land, sea and air.

The head of armaments for the armed forces, Colonel- General Vladimir Popovkin, told the defence ministry newspaper, Red Star, that
Russia's recent war with Georgia "compels us to rethink the current state of the armed forces and how they should develop further".

On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, announced an extra £1.76 billion of spending next year, partly to replace equipment lost in the Georgia war.

Despite the billions spent on them since Mr Putin came to power as president in 2000, Russia's one-million-strong armed forces remain poorly equipped, badly paid and reliant on a large proportion of unwilling conscripts.

Admiral Alexander Tatarinov, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian navy, said yesterday that by 2015 Moscow would build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to carry a new, nuclear-capable strategic missile.

"A new state armaments programme includes a plan to build a batch of eight nuclear submarines that would be armed with new Bulava strategic missiles," he said.





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  • Last Updated: 02 October 2008 10:10 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Russia
 
1

Horrible Cankers,

The Cyber Shebeen 03/10/2008 01:33:20
Sounds like they want to blow up the USA. The USA has been building a shield to protect themselves and other countries from nutters like Korea and Iran and the Russians must not like that.
2

Postmark-55,

China, 03/10/2008 01:37:39
More nukes are the last thing this planets needs but everybody is trying to keep up with the US, so look to more of this happening.
3

SouthernGent,

03/10/2008 04:16:17
"everybody is trying to keep up with the US"

That will be hard for Russia to do since they already have 1/3+ more warheads than the US.
4

Postmark-55,

China, 03/10/2008 05:18:57
#3 SouthernGent,
Notice how I said keep up, not catch up.
5

Conan,

Santiago, Chile 03/10/2008 05:56:46
If someone already has 1/3 more than you - how do you 'keep-up' with them? I mean, even with inscruitable Chinese logic it must mean that you have already not only been able to keep-up with them but have actually surpassed them. or, was there some quirk of the English language i missed by not learning English at UIBE?
6

tomi,

03/10/2008 06:00:45
Perhaps shipbuilders on the Clyde shoud bid.
Are there any left?
7

Mashimaro,

China 03/10/2008 06:05:40
Hmmm what happened to their "rust bucket" navy then?
8

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03/10/2008 06:12:30
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Jim A,

03/10/2008 06:43:42
#8 Postmark, now now, temper temper.
10

Mcsnagpile,

03/10/2008 07:22:52
The submarines will be very handy along the Turkish and Ukraine borders.
11

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03/10/2008 07:32:24
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12

Unimpressed one,

03/10/2008 07:42:41
All we need now is a McCain victory and we'll be off in an arms race again.
13

billengland,

03/10/2008 08:12:14
12 Unimpressed one

We've got an arms race already, thanks to Bush's warlike action in building a new missile shield in Europe, using Iran's non-existent nukes as the flimsiest of excuses.

14

Guga II,

Rockall 03/10/2008 08:59:53
#3.

Not quite right. The Septics have around 11,000 nuclear warheads, the Russians around 8,000.
15

Mashimaro,

China 03/10/2008 10:01:04
Surely after one or two it doesn't really matter.
16

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03/10/2008 10:08:58
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Cappo Del Monte,

03/10/2008 10:31:21
#16
Opops looks like skidmark got out the wrong side of his futon today, I think a nice bottle of hot milk and a nappy change may be the order of the day for you
#14
It depends how you make up the nukes, in actual fact they both have approx the same if you just total up the different delivery systems
18

Rob Bennett,

Point Piper Australia 03/10/2008 11:21:11
#2 Postmark-55,China
"More nukes are the last thing this planet needs but everybody is trying to keep up with the US, so look to more of this happening"

That's exactly the way it is.

#3 SouthernGent
"That will be hard for Russia to do since they already have 1/3+ more warheads than the US"

But the Russians don't have 750 foreign military bases spread over 150 countries like the US has.

The arms race up and running, courtesy of the US.
19

TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 03/10/2008 11:37:11
I truly believe Mashimaro is very out of his depth in commenting on this story. What IS he babbling on about?

Putin is becoming a threat to world peace and his explanations for this increase in nuclear warhead power are specious and self-serving.
20

Mashimaro,

China 03/10/2008 12:00:02
#19 Timwit, if you had been following the conversation you would know.
21

James Donald,

Newbridge 03/10/2008 12:02:38
#18 Rob Bennett,Point Piper Australia - "The arms race up and running, courtesy of the US" - Takes two for an arms race sonny, and as the Russians have stated their determination to upgrade its nuclear strike forces on land, sea and air, they are every bit as responsible as the US.
Russia does not have many foreign military bases as they had to close most of them when they (as the Soviet Union) lost the Cold War. Perhaps you are still smarting from the sting of this loss.

22

James Donald,

Newbridge 03/10/2008 12:34:28
#19 TimW1234,Ottawa, Canada - Zippy would be out of his depth in a bird bath. He hero-worships Putin as he prefers ruthless dictators to democracy and freedom.
23

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03/10/2008 13:41:20
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ReadingPublic-2,

Northern Wisconsin 03/10/2008 14:20:41
James Donald for once I have to agree with you.

>#18 Rob Bennett,Point Piper Australia - "The arms race up and running, courtesy of the US" - Takes two for an arms race sonny, and as the Russians have stated their determination to upgrade its nuclear strike forces on land, sea and air, they are every bit as responsible as the US. <
25

James Donald,

Newbridge 03/10/2008 15:02:18
#24 ReadingPublic-2,Northern Wisconsin - "James Donald for once I have to agree with you" - Hope you were sitting down first. Not only the US will become involved in this potential arms race. Other NATO countries (especially those in Eastern Europe) will note this and consider increasing defence expenditure accordingly.
26

SouthernGent,

03/10/2008 15:18:40
I retract my comment at #3 due to faulty information, and the fact that the article is about missles, not warheads.
27

Theodore,

03/10/2008 15:55:14
I see no comment has be made on the Russian's development of their anti man-made 'orbital equipment' missiles.

Should these guy's prove effective the free worlds defences are definitely down!
28

Rob Bennett,

Point Piper Australia 03/10/2008 16:52:05
#21 James Donald,Newbridge
"Perhaps you are still smarting from the sting of this loss"
I sir, have Scottish blood in my veins, therefore I appreciate an even contest on a level playing field.
When there are 2 or 3 heavyweight superpowers in the world it surely serves to alleviate military recklessness.

#25 James Donald,Newbridge
"Not only the US will become involved in this potential arms race. Other NATO countries (especially those in Eastern Europe) will note this and consider increasing defence expenditure accordingly"

James Donald for once I have to agree with you as well

BUT, let's not forget about the sleeping giant, China.
29

Griffe,

03/10/2008 17:46:22
Is Georgia such a threat to Russia?
30

GalacticCannibal,

Murrieta CA for more WAR VOTE McCain 03/10/2008 18:15:58
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Guga II,
Rockall 03/10/2008 08:59:53
#3.

Dude ,
No one knows exactly how many NUKES are operational, and can be launched, that exist in Russia or the USA.

On that statistic they both lie.

But I don't see the evil Bush threatening Russia .
Just IRAN , And CUBA and N Korea. none of whom have NUKES they can launch.

Great news, the evil one Pres. Bush will be gone forever on Jan 20th. 2009

Chill Dude Chill

GC

31

James Donald,

Newbridge 03/10/2008 18:43:02
#28 Rob Bennett,Point Piper Australia - "When there are 2 or 3 heavyweight superpowers in the world it surely serves to alleviate military recklessness" - Not neccessarily. It may just lead to lots of small "proxy wars" just as there were during the Cold War.
In a new "Cold War" the West will use Green technology as a weapon to lessen it dependency on Oil and Gas from Russia. What Communist China does remains to be seen. It has certainly alread started increasing "defence" spending.
32

The FH Site is for Communists And Trolls,

03/10/2008 23:25:16
24 ReadingPublic-2

Troll
33

The FH Site is for Communists And Trolls,

03/10/2008 23:25:57
13 billengland

Troll
34

Mashimaro,

China 04/10/2008 02:10:58
#29 Yes it is. It was armed to the teeth by the Israeli weapons hustlers, and clearly willing to use those arms on Russian citizens.
35

Rob Bennett,

Point Piper Australia 04/10/2008 04:14:11
#31 James Donald,Newbridge
"Other NATO countries (especially those in Eastern Europe) will note this and consider increasing defence expenditure accordingly"

That could also create major problems for western European countries. A massive build up of military hardware near their borders is not something I imagine they'd be particularly happy about. That then begs the question, "what would happen if two Nato countries attacked each other?" What a dilemma that would be. If all the European countries start spending heavily on weapons then surely there's going to be problems ahead. Throw Georgia and Turkey into the mix and you have a ready made timebomb ready to explode.
36

Rob Bennett,

Point Piper Australia 04/10/2008 15:48:55
Well the arms race is well and truly up and running now and China is not happy.
"Taiwan's president on Saturday welcomed a U.S. decision to sell the island up to $6.5 billion in advanced weaponry"
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFAT7WpeENXtd_tst3P_NKGOtpPgD93JN7O80
37

James Donald,

Newbridge 04/10/2008 21:15:23
#35 Rob Bennett,Point Piper Australia - "what would happen if two Nato countries attacked each other?" - Highly unlikely scenario since not even Greece and Turkey fought despite their long standing emnity and the open sore of Cyprus.
Europe cannot afford to sit on its hands whilst Russian and China increase their armaments. NATO did not win the Cold War by being militarily weak.
38

Rob Bennett,

Point Piper Australia 05/10/2008 04:59:13
US arms for Taiwan, NY Times:
* US$3.1 billion in Patriot Advanced Capability-3 guided missile systems, a sophisticated array of missiles, radars and control systems designed to defend against missiles and aircraft.
* US$2.5 billion worth of Apache attack helicopters and support systems.
* US$250 million in equipment to upgrade Taiwan’s E-2T Hawkeye surveillance aircraft was included, and US$200 million in Harpoon antiship missiles.
* The proposal also included more than US$300 million in spare parts for Taiwanese aircraft, including F-5 and F-16 jet fighters.
* Completing the package was a proposal for selling Taiwan US$47 million in Javelin guided missiles and command systems.

What an incredible bonus for China when they eventually reunify with Taiwan. With the amount of money China is spending on defence and the looming depression in the US that could be sooner rather than later.

They must be rubbing their hands together with glee.

All of the above hardware of course will be pulled apart, analyzed, rebuilt and renamed in Chinese.
39

James Donald,

Newbridge 05/10/2008 09:25:27
#38 Rob Bennett,Point Piper Australia - "What an incredible bonus for China when they eventually reunify with Taiwan" - By the time that happens (if indeed it does), these arms will be museum pieces. If the Communists try to force reunification, they will find themselves facing the business end of these armaments.

 

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