In a new ‘message’ aimed at the West, Russia on Wednesday test launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, according to Interfax citing the Russian defense ministry.
President Vladimir Putin said in a statement which accompanied the announcement that the new Sarmat missile will provide “food for thought for those who try to threaten Russia.” He congratulated the armed forces on the successful test launch. According to another translation, he said that the Sarmat will “make the madmen who attempt to threaten Russia think.”
“Sarmat is the most powerful missile with the biggest hitting range in the world. It will significantly strengthen the combat power of the Russian strategic nuclear armed forces,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The test took place in Russia’s far north, reportedly at the Plesetsk spaceport which lies about 800 km north of Moscow.
According to a state media description, “The missile was developed as a replacement for the ICBM R-36M2 (NATO Reporting Name SS-18 Satan). It is expected to be effective in destroying enemy strategic targets around the globe with kinetic impact energy and without the use of the nuclear warhead.”
The Kremlin released footage of the Wednesday launch of the “Satan”…
#BREAKING: Russia says it successfully test-fired its new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. pic.twitter.com/P7GKAUZNhs
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) April 20, 2022
Lately there’s been widespread speculation over whether Putin would be “willing” to use tactical nukes in Ukraine – something which Foreign Minister Lavrov categorically rejected in Tuesday statements.
On Tuesday Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was asked in an interview with India Today about the possibility of using nukes, to which he responded that Russia will only use conventional weapons in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, in another alarming development picked up by Russia observers…
And in Washington…
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Gerontocrat is one for the lexicon.
Patrick Lancaster gets my vote for Journalist of the Year.
I just hope he survives.
War correspondents are some very unique people. During the Iraqi conflicts I’d rely on some eyewitness reports from a former SF guy named Michael Yon. I’d actually give him money for stories that would never make Army Times or be seen from the official PAO mouthpieces.
Dementiacrat.
Senilitarian…
At some point it really isn’t funny.
I’m still hunting for news regarding Gonzola Lira, who has most likely been captured, tortured and killed in Ukraine for livestreaming updates from Ukraine.
As big an aside as it is, set aside the thoughts without a thinker bit…spit that bit & give galloping spontaneity its due.
Thoughts, like the things that gin them up, are food for worms. Veni, vedi, vici? No. Vermi, vermi, vermi. Culture, that is.
I traded a swamp carpe for a sunfish one long ago diem. Both sides to that transaction increased their per diem’s thereby. Anarchy market in the swamp, far, far from the madding crowd. The simplest of poems & yet still too complex for the “thinkers.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv9JOVkR5PQ
Biden’ll probably just mail everybody iodine tablets and tell everyone to get vaccinated again.
Nope, just likely Democrat voters.
False Flag Incoming No Doubt….
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Pffftftp. That stupid faggot Putin couldn’t possibly nuke the entire Western ‘ruling class.’ I dare him to try.
FYI: I think most of them live in northern Virginia, DC itself, New York City, San Francisco, Denver, and the few remaining nice parts of Los Angeles.
Zelensky’s the one in heels.