Russia to Design new Nukes to "Defeat US Missile Shield"

Russia is to deploy new nuclear missiles designed to defeat the US missile defense shield. Admiral Alexander Tatarinov of the Russian navy stated that they plan to build 8 new nuclear submarines which would be armed with the new missiles.

Personally I think the Russians are using the missile defense shield as a pretext to develop new nuclear missiles. The easiest way to defeat the missile defense shield is to overwhelm it with a huge quantity of missiles, nuclear armed or not. The defense shield was only designed to take down a limited amount of missiles, not 100s or 1000s. Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes to deploy a new nuclear missile next year designed to penetrate anti-missile defenses and will build eight submarines to carry it, defense officials said on Thursday.

The latest statements underline Moscow's determination to upgrade its nuclear strike forces on land, sea and air. They are regarded by Russian commanders as the cornerstone of the country's defenses.

Colonel-General Vladimir Popovkin, head of armaments for the Russian armed forces, told the Defense Ministry newspaper "Red Star" that Russia's recent war with Georgia "compels us to rethink the current state of the armed forces and how they should develop further."

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The deputy commander in chief of the Russian navy, Admiral Alexander Tatarinov, said on Thursday that by 2015 Moscow would build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to carry a new, nuclear-capable strategic missile.

"The navy has gone over to building ships and nuclear submarines by the batch," Tatarinov told Interfax news agency.

"A new state armaments program includes a plan to build a batch of eight nuclear submarines that would be armed with new Bulava strategic missiles."