Rusland opruster og har fået mobile langtrækkende
missiler (ICBMS) Dette er en følge af USA's
oprustning, udtaler man.
I april i år fik man tillaldelse til at starte et
stort moderniseringsprogram, der skal fortsætte til
2016. Russerne regner også med at bruge 5 billioner
rubler eller 200 milliarder dollars på det sidste
skrig i elektronisk krigsførelses udstyr til hæren
frem til 2016 og derefter. Det er et ny tidligt
varslingssystem, rekognoscering, telekommunikation og
automatiske kontrol-systemer, for at komme helt med på
vognen.
Russerne mener, at de er nødt til at reagere på de
trusler, som repræsentanter fra USA, der holdt møde
sideløbende med NATO's nyligt afholdte topmøde i Riga,
fremsatte. Her truede man med at bruge magt mod lande,
der truede energi leverancer til Europa. (Det er bla.
gasledningen i Østersøen, der her tænkes på)
Så hermed går vi på vej ind i 2007 i det 21.
århundredes nye oprustningskapløb og en ny kold krig.
Der er hele tiden nye argumenter for at holde
krigsmaskineriet igang. Skal vi blive ved at acceptere
alle de undskyldninger og omkostningerne hertil? Eller
kære græsrødder, anti-krigsfolk, fredsfolk, øko-folk,
EU-modstandere og andet godtfolk. skal
nytårsfortsættet være, at 2007 bliver udnævnt til
året, hvor vi skal have stoppet en ny koldkrig og det
21. århundredes våbenkapløb.
Nu kommer der snart overenskomstforhandlinger. Hvad
med at starte med at få indført klausuler, der
fritager dig og dine kollegaer fra at deltage i al
produktion af disse systemer elle andre leverancer,
der kan relateres til krigsmagernes rækker. Vi kan
gøre noget ved det.
Godt nytår alle sammen.
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Russia To Get New Mobile ICBMs
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_To_Get_New_Mobile_ICBMs_999.html
The Topol-M missile has a lift-off weight of 47.2
metric tons, a range of over 10,000 km and carries a
1,200-kg warhead.
by Alexander Bogatyryov
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 18, 2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister
Sergei Ivanov recently visited the Teikovo strategic
missile division, which placed the first regiment of
unique mobile ground-based Topol-M intercontinental
ballistic missiles on combat duty.
The Russian Strategic Missile Force has received over
40 Topol silo-based ICBMs since 1997. However, unlike
these earlier missiles, the mobile, hard-to-detect and
interchangeable Topol-M ballistic missiles, which are
immune to electromagnetic impulses, can be launched
from a wide area.
R and D and deployment costs were reduced because the
new missile system retains the main engineering
solutions of its predecessor.
Moreover, the Topol-M can breach any existing
anti-ballistic missile shield, including the highly
expensive U.S. National Missile Defense system.
It is therefore hardly surprising that Topol-M
missiles will soon be the mainstay of Russia's
Strategic Missile Force and replace other missiles
that have been serving for over 20 years.
The Topol-M missile has a lift-off weight of 47.2
metric tons, a range of over 10,000 km and carries a
1,200-kg warhead.
The Russian Armed Forces, which suffered an all-out
crisis in the 1990s, are now receiving new strategic
offensive arms under an ambitious modernization
program. Just like most other major powers, Russia is
focusing on qualitative, rather than quantitative,
military development in accordance with the global
military-political situation.
The United States has withdrawn from the 1972 ABM
Treaty and resumed tests of tactical nuclear weapons.
It also continues to stockpile (instead of destroying)
nuclear warheads and Minuteman ICBM's, which it
launches as drones for missile interceptors.
Moscow, which is worried about these and many other
factors, must react accordingly.
Russia's rearmament program is largely motivated by
tougher competition between the great powers for
unimpeded access to raw materials, energy and
science-and-technological resources.
U.S. representatives attending a conference that was
held simultaneously with the NATO summit in Riga
discussed the possible use of power politics for
dealing with countries which allegedly threaten
European energy security. NATO can use its powerful
military leverage and strategic potential to attain
this goal.
In this situation, Moscow has no choice but to rely on
military force to defend its national interests.
Consequently, Russia is attaching priority to
maintaining and upgrading its strategic nuclear
deterrent forces and aerospace defense system.
The Russian Army has adopted Topol missiles; the Air
Force is overhauling its strategic bombers; and the
Navy has ordered Borei-class ballistic missile
submarines.
On April 5, the Government approved a project for
expanding the aerospace defense system up to the year
2016 and beyond. According to the plan, the Russian
Army is to adopt state-of-the-art early-warning,
reconnaissance, telecommunications, and
automated-control systems, as well as missile
interceptors.
Moscow plans to spend nearly five trillion rubles, or
about $200 billion, on weapons development,
procurement, modernization and repairs in the next few
years.
Such massive expenses are motivated by the need to
renew the country's strategic nuclear forces, as well
as by economic considerations.
Russian authorities hope that the growing national
defense industry will facilitate cost-effective
high-tech production and create thousands of new jobs.
In this sense, the modernization of the country's
strategic nuclear forces through the procurement of
Topol-M missiles is an extremely promising
development. It is hardly surprising that the Russian
Armed Forces plan to receive another batch of Topol
missiles next year.
Source: RIA Novosti
http://www.stopterrorkrigen.dk/ullaroeder.htm
Enhver kastet bombe, enhver affyret kugle i denne terrorkrigs navn skal
produceres et eller andet sted;
Og hvor end dette sted er, kan der rejses modstand.
