Russia could scrap nuclear arms alongside other nations - Putin
10/06/200921:17

MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia could abandon nuclear weapons if other nuclear powers - official and unofficial - scrap them, the Russian prime minister said on Wednesday.

Asked by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier if he believed Russia could be secure without nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin said: "You bet."

"Why do we need nuclear weapons?" he said. "Did we invent them or did we ever use them? If those who made the atomic bomb and used it are ready to abandon it, and if, as I hope, other powers that possess them [weapons] officially or unofficially are ready to do the same, we will heartily welcome and promote this process."

He added that Germany could make a valuable contribution to the process.

The official "nuclear club" comprises Russia, the United States, China, Britain and France, but Pakistan and India also possess nuclear weapons and North Korea conducted its second nuclear test on May 25.

In addition, Israel is widely suspected to have a nuclear arsenal.

Evo jos nekoliko vesti o nuklearnim snagama Rusije:

- prva govori o sporazumu koji bi trebao da nasledi START 1, i kaze da ruski generali smatraju da ne bi smeli da spuste brojku ispod 1500 nuklearnih bojevih glava:

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090610/155218357.html

da ruski generali smatraju da ne bi smeli da spuste brojku ispod 1500 nuklearnih bojevih glava:

- druga vest kaze da rusi planiraju da unaprede svoje nuklearne snage kako bi uspesno savladali raketni stit:

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20090610/155219177.html

- i treca vest koja kaze da ce Bulava i Topol M ciniti jezgro nuklearnih snaga Rusije, a sto se tice vazduhoplovne komponente nuklearne trijade, planira se proizvodnja jos 16 aviona Tu-160:

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20090610/155218930.html

Russia could abandon nuclear weapons if other nuclear powers - official and unofficial - scrap them, the Russian prime minister said on Wednesday.

Asked by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier if he believed Russia could be secure without nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin said: "You bet."

zaista me cudi kako je i sam Putin toliko ravnodusan po tom pitanju... 

em sto nema garancija da ce cak i Amerika baciti svoje bombe

ХКЈ брате замисли свет где нема нуклеарног оружја и где се сви бију лепо на мишиће!  
Где нема тог страха од судњег дана већ само разуман страх од неког великог рата који неће уништити цео свет...

Нису Руси будале да униште оружје ако то други не ураде... То је Путин и рекао...
Али свиђа ми се само спомињање таквог сценарија...

И лепо каже баја, можете се кладити да смо сигурни у конвенционалном сукобу...  

Russia's Bulava missile 'will fly' - Navy chief
19/06/200914:37

MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will carry out the next test of a Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile in late July, and will conduct a total of four or five launches this year, the Navy commander said on Friday.

"The next launch is planned for the second half of July, and a total of four or five launches are planned in 2009," Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said.

Despite five failures in 10 trials, the last unsuccessful trial being in December 2008, Russia's Defense Ministry is planning to complete Bulava tests and put the ICBM into service by the end of 2009.

"It will fly, it will definitely fly," Vysotsky told reporters.

The Russian military says the Bulava, along with Topol-M ballistic missiles, will become the backbone of Russia's nuclear triad.

The triad comprises land-based ballistic missile systems, nuclear-propelled submarines armed with sea-launched ballistic missiles, and strategic bombers carrying nuclear bombs and nuclear-capable cruise missiles.

The Bulava-M (SS-NX-30) ICBM carries up to 10 nuclear warheads and has a range of 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles). The three-stage ballistic missile is designed for deployment on Borey-class Project 955 nuclear-powered submarines.

Currently, six types of silo-based and road-mobile ICBMs, including the heavy Voyevoda (SS-18 Satan), capable of carrying 10 warheads, and the Topol-M (Stalin), are in operational service with the Strategic Missile Forces.

The SMF reportedly has a total of 538 ICBMs, including 306 SS-25 Topol (Sickle) missiles and 56 SS-27 Topol-M missiles.

"It will fly, it will definitely fly," Vysotsky told reporters.