By Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner:
Russian military officials and analysts are bragging about the development of a nuclear weapon “immune to any missile defense” shield.
The new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile is designed to replace a weapons system NATO dubbed the SS-18 Satan, which was slated to be phased out under the terms of an arms control treaty that President George H.W. Bush’s administration signed with the fading Soviet Union. With Russia looking to emerge once again as a great power, state-run media offered a preview of a new ICBM called the SS-X-30, which carries at least 15 nuclear warheads each.
“We have no intention of being the first to deliver a nuclear strike,” Viktor Yesin, a military advisor to Russia’s strategic missile force commander, told TASS news agency. “We will be able to launch them while enemy missiles are still on the way. We are building Voronezh-class missile attack warning radars along the borders capable of identifying any approaching missiles. Hypothetical enemies are aware of that. The SS-X-30 will guarantee our security.”
TASS, a Russian government-owned media platform, described the new ICBM as a weapon that can “pierce any defense” offered against it. “The flight path’s altitude and direction will be changing all the time, thus making the weapon immune to any missile defenses – current or future one, even those relying on space-based elements,” the report said.
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