Mosca lancia per la prima volta un missile balistico intercontinentale, dice Kiev

> Russia fires intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine for first time, Kyiv says

> The report did not specify what type of ICBM was launched, and there was no suggestion that it was nuclear-armed. Sources told Ukrainian independent news outlet Ukrainska Pravda that the missile in question was an RS-26 Rubezh, a medium-range ballistic missile with a range of up to 6,000 km.

Well what was it, an ICBM or a MRBM (and RS-26 would technically be an IRBM, it’s range was picked so it’s not in breach of the INF treaty, but that’s a moot point as it’s no longer in power). It’s a huge difference, nobody will launch conventionally tipped ICBMs, MRBMs on the other hand are used with conventional warheads.

An ICBM launch would also trigger US satellite detection and radars.

***TLDR***

Ukraine’s Air Force has reported that Russia has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the city of Dnipro for the first time, targeting critical infrastructure and industrial sites. The rocket, believed to be an RS-26 Rubezh, was reportedly fired from Russia’s Astrakhan region. This attack caused significant damage to an industrial enterprise, ignited fires, and impacted a rehabilitation centre for people with disabilities. This escalation follows Ukraine’s use of British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles in Russia’s Kursk region. Additionally, it occurs amid increased nuclear rhetoric from Moscow, including President Vladimir Putin’s recent revision of Russia’s nuclear doctrine.

It might just be my lack of knowledge, but wouldn’t one of these missiles be much more expensive than regular missiles that basically do the job just as well? Which basically makes it a propaganda statement. Or, of course, it means that Russia is running out of other missiles but that doesn’t seem that likely to me.

Ukraine deserve to win this war and to defeat evil, as the west has kept its distance has only made Russia and china stronger, to even think the west try to distant itself from this war, only shows that Russia will come for everyone in the future. If Ukraine goes down, nato wouldn’t even care, and EU would call it an unfortunate event. Freedom of the west is no longer deserving as they don’t try to protect freedom of life in Ukraine. Think of the numbers of china and Russia, they are slowly eating up the world, it might be too late to even stop them.

Isn’t intercontinental missile a bit of an overkill for a country one fart away, like how much more destruction can it cause compared to standard missiles

The footage of it is wild.

Any ICBM launch from Russia would be seen , tagged and and reacted to appropriately by all nuclear states on this planet capable of holding a nuclear trident and/or a functioning orbital satellite network before you could complete a single Dark episode.

That being said, none of the early signs that nukes are being considered have been observed.

The very first sign that Russia isn’t bluffing any more , for any European reading this , would be us the Indians or the Chinese backing out of committed deals and/or prepositioning our individual military assets near our own flashpoints i.e if the news of Putin warning with nukes coincides with news of border deployments in LOC and/or Indian corps backing out of deals, this would also coincide with news of uprisings/invasions in Africa , unrest in Berlin , then it’s probably a wise idea to contact your nearest VaultTec Representative.