Russia Test Launches New ICBM

Well, reading this was a fun way to start the day. Is it just more political posturing or the beginning of the New Cold War?

So.... apparently whether or not this "missile shield" idea will work, we know that it DOES provoke the Russians.

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• Russia test-launched new intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday
• President Putin says test was in response to U.S. missile defence shield
• Russia says U.S. plans will change the strategic balance in Europe

"We are not the initiators of this new round of the arms race," said Putin. "(Our partners) are stuffing eastern Europe with new weapons. A new base in Bulgaria, another in Romania, a site in Poland, radar in the Czech Republic . . . what are we supposed to do? We cannot just observe all this."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/31/russia.missile.reut/index.html