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 More options Nov 2 2012, 3:19 pm
Newsgroups: alt.religion.mormon, alt.religion, soc.culture.jewish, alt.atheism, alt.bible.prophecy
From: Mulligan <quarke...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 12:19:45 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Nov 2 2012 3:19 pm
Subject: Re: Romney's Son Goes to Moscow Seeking Russian Investors for his Business
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On Nov 2, 12:17 pm, Mulligan <quarke...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 2, 12:13 pm, John Manning <jrobe...@terra.com.br> wrote:

> > Remember when Mitt Romney said Russia was our "number one
> > geopolitical foe"?

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation

> The number of troops is specified by decree of the President of
> Russia. On 1 January 2008, a number of 2,019,629 units, including
> military of 1,134,800 units, was set.[5]

> In 2010 the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
> estimated that the Russian Armed Forces numbered about 1,027,000
> active troops and in the region of 20,000,000 reserves, (largely ex-
> conscripts

> According to some sources, Russia possesses the largest stockpile of
> nuclear weapons in the world,[45] although the United States has
> superiority in the number of deployed nuclear weapons.[46] Other
> sources claim that the stockpile of the USA is larger.[47] Russia's
> Strategic Rocket Forces controls its land-based nuclear warheads,
> while the Navy controls the submarine based missiles and the Air Force
> the air-launched warheads

> Russian military doctrine sees NATO expansion as one of the threats
> for the Russian Federation and reserves the right to use nuclear
> weapons in response to a conventional aggression that can endanger the
> existence of the state. In keeping with this, the country's nuclear
> forces received adequate funding throughout the late 1990s. Russia,
> with approximately 16,000 warheads, possesses the largest stockpile of
> nuclear warheads.[48] The number of intercontinental ballistic
> missiles and warheads on active duty has declined over the years, in
> part in keeping with arms limitation agreements with the U.S. and in
> part due to insufficient spending on maintenance, but this is balanced
> by the deployment of new missiles as proof against missile defences.
> Russia has developed the new RT-2UTTKh Topol-M (SS-27) missiles that
> are stated to be able to penetrate any missile defence, including the
> planned U.S. National Missile Defence. The missile can change course
> in both air and space to avoid countermeasures. It is designed to be
> launched from land-based, mobile TEL units

http://rt.com/politics/russia-air-defense-modernization-483/

The Russian military will deploy state-of-the-art air defense systems
along its southern border by the end of the year, the Defense Ministry
announced.
“In accordance with the Southern Military District’s modernization
plan, the S-400 ‘Triumph’ will replace S-300PM systems on combat duty
before the end of this year to protect Russian airspace,” district
spokesperson Col. Igor Gorbul told Interfax-AVN on Monday.
The deployment will consist of Pantsir-S missile and artillery
systems, as well as advanced radio equipment, he said.
The S-400 is a next-generation anti-aircraft weapon system capable of
firing three different missile types. The system was designed to
intercept and destroy jamming planes, radar planes, reconnaissance
aircraft, strategic carriers, cruise missiles and medium-range
ballistic missiles.
Military analysts reported that the Triumph is capable of tracking
more than 100 targets simultaneously at ranges of over 600 kilometers
(370 miles), and destroying up to 12 targets at varying distances.
The Almaz Central Design Bureau reported that the fifth air defense
regiment will shift to the S-400 system by the end of the year.

The deployment of the S-400 to Russia’s south comes at a time of
increasing tensions between Russia and NATO over the latter’s plans to
build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. The US initially
pledged to cooperate with Russia on the project, but later retreated
on that promise. Several Russian officials have warned that the issue
could spark another arms race unless a bilateral agreement is reached.
The Triumph air defense system successfully completed launch tests
conducted at the Ashuluk training range in Russia’s Astrakhan region
in August.


 
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