Russia will develop missiles impervious to any defense, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday in an apparent allusion the nascent U.S. missile defense system.That might be overstating it a bit much...
A year ago, President Vladimir Putin said Russia could build unrivaled new strategic weapons, and in November he said it is developing a new nuclear missile system unlike any weapon other countries have or could come up with in the near future.
Ivanov suggested the weapons would be based on the mobile version of the Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles and on a new sea-based system, the Bulava, according to Interfax news agency.
"There is not and will not be any defense against these missiles," he said, according to Interfax.
Current missile defense technology, such as it is, won't be able to knock these missiles out of the sky...but someday technology will be developed that can do it. It is only a matter of time and ingenuity. Neccessity is the mother of invention.
I still don't trust Russia...especially with Vladimir "KGB" Putin at the helm. Missile defense is important, but it is a backburner project for now.
Awhile back I did a WMD Audio segment on the pros and cons of missile defense. You can get it here or you can read my MVCA article on the subject here.
