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Russia's SS-27 Makes Bush's
Missile Defense A Fantasy Missile Defense A Fantasy
Article By Charles Assisi By Charles Assisi
The Times of India The Times of India
1-15-2006
It was invented on November 2 (2005), a rather staid little story appeared on a ticker powered by Itar-Tass, a Russian News Agency. The tone was decidedly Russian---matter-of-fact and shorn of all hyperbole. It reported the test launch of a ballistic missile called the Topol RS 12 at 8:10 pm Moscow time. After taking off from the Kapustny Yar test range in the Astrakhan region, it hit the intended target at Balkhash in Kazakhstan at 8:34---24 minutes later. "The target was precisely hit," said the report, quoting a top-ranking official from the Russian armed forces.
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