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evolvenow

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Mon Jan-03-05 05:00 PM
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36. ... weapons systems that "will be different from what anyone else has".

Edited on Mon Jan-03-05 05:03 PM by evolvenow

Russia Vows To Keep Its Nuclear Superpower Status

A robust deterrenceMoscow (AFP) Dec 24, 2004
Russia will keep pace with the United States in nuclear weapons technology but not in the size of its strategic arsenal, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said Friday according to Interfax news agency.

"In a long historical perspective, nuclear parity will be preserved not only with the United States but also with the other countries with nuclear arms," he was quoted as saying.

"I have no doubt about that."
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Defence officials have said Russian President Vladimir Putin was referring to the Topol-M earlier this month when he claimed Russia was developing weapons systems that "will be different from what anyone else has".
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/icbm-04i.html

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