[PEN-L:7685] Re: Russia test-fires ballistic missile

[Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol@xxxxxxx>]

At 10:51 PM 6/3/99 -0400, Henry Liu wrote:
>Russia test-fires ballistic missile
>
> Thursday, 3 June 1999 19:10 (GMT)
>
> (UPI Focus)
> Russia test-fires ballistic missile
>    MOSCOW, June 3 (UPI) - Russia has test-fired a Topol-M
> intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plisetsk missile range in
> northwest Russia, the Itar-Tass news agency reports.
>    The missile, a new-generation weapon that will eventually replace
> Russia's older, heavier missiles, flew across northern Russia, hitting
> its designated target in a remote area of the Kamchatka peninsula in
> Russia's Far East.
>    Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces said the flight was a success.
>    Today's launch of the Topol-M is believed to be only the seventh in
>three years.
>  --
>    Copyright 1999 by United Press International.
>    All rights reserved.


That certainly sounds encouraging - but does it offer any realistic hope
that Russia (perhaps allied with China) will return to its superpower
status and a counterbalance to the scourge of western and us imperialism?
i would like to think so, but i'm not very optimistic.

anyone?

wojtek