Russia Tests ‘Missile Defense Killer’

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the defense industry, hailed Thursday’s tests as a success and dubbed the new ICBM a “missile defense killer.”: “Neither current nor future American missile defense systems will be able to prevent that missile from hitting a target dead on,” he said, during an event organized by the ruling United Russia party. (Read more)

Russian Official: New Missile Will Beat U.S. Defenses

 

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin says a planned U.S. missile-defense shield will not be able to stop Russia’s newest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Rogozin announced that a new ICBM prototype fired from a mobile launcher was successfully tested late on June 6 in Russia’s southwestern Astrakhan region. He also stated that cyberwar had become a military threat to NATO. (Read more)