Putin says Russia has developed new weapons system

[CHIMO]

President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will have a new nuclear weapons system at its disposal within a few years. He told a meeting of top Russian military that rival nuclear powers did not yet have the weapons and would not develop them in the near future.

Although Mr Putin gave no details, Russian media speculate that he was referring to the Topol-M mobile intercontinental missile. The system should have been operational in 2002 but lack of funds delayed production. Russia has been trying to improve its nuclear capability since US President George W Bush announced the development of an anti-missile shield three years ago.

http://www.rnw.nl/news/news.html#4220913

[Lone Pawn]

1. Arms race with China AND Russia?

The neocon fun just don't stop!

[progressiveBadger]

2. Putin, put that wall back up!!!

Hooray! I was feeling uncomfortable in a somewhat civilized society. </sarcasm>

[CHIMO]

3. President Promises Better Nukes

Russia's defense industry is developing a new nuclear missile system that will be second to none in the world, and the armed forces will have it in their arsenal in the near future, President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of the military top brass Wednesday.

"We are not just carrying out research and missile tests of new nuclear missile systems. I am confident that they will be commissioned in the next few years. And no other nuclear power will have such developed systems in the next few years," Putin said at the annual Defense Ministry meeting, attended by hundreds of officers.

"We understand that other threats will arise if we pay less attention to such components of our defense as the nuclear missile shield," he said, apparently referring to threats from the United States and other nuclear powers.

Putin did not specify which of the new nuclear systems under development he was referring to.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/11/18/001.html