Sea Scorpion: a poor man's ICBM?

Article Abstract:

Intercontinental ballistic missile capability is possible since the 1997 Rumsfeld Commission Report determined that US intelligence forces have to consider the unused ballistic missile launch mode options of the Soviet Union and the US. The defunct Project Skorpion program is considered a good expample of a strong naval missile force that could be quickly deployed by the Soviet Navy despite the service's limited technical potential. Nations with the same capacity for ballistic missile technology can adapt the Soviet Skorpion for their interests. In addition, Project Skorpion could be the basis for a modern ship-based ballistic missile system. A country with less advanced technology would be able to boost a missile's range to intercontinental lengths.

United States, Government expenditures, Science & research, International Affairs, Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing, Conflict Resolution, Defense Research & Development, Sea-Based Intercontinental Missiles, Conflict management, International negotiations, Sea launched missiles, Intercontinental ballistic missiles, Military research, Article, Dept/Ministry of Defense

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Russia's next millenium

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Russia is clearly confronting many, significant political challenges as the 21st century approaches. Seven and a half years of independent statehood since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s has not given the incumbent Russian government sufficient time to accept the end of the Soviet military superpower and define a new role and identity for itself internationally. The army will continue to languish and decline for as long as its economy remains unstable.

National Defense

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Russia opens up on CW production

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Russia has revealed that it previously ran 24 plants that manufacture chemical weapons. The facilities consisted of mustard gas production plants in Chapaevsk, Russia, and a factory that fills mustard gas/liwisite mixture into munitions at Chapaevsk. Six of the factories are planned to be destroyed, while eight others have already been converted into commercial use. The country is asking for foreign assistance to convert the remaining ten facilities into commercial use.

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