Russia Revives Rail-Based ICBMs to Bolster Nuclear Arsenal

Russia’s recent announcement that it is interested in creating a new rail-based system to use as a mobile launch platform for nuclear missiles is troubling on many levels, but most of all in what it says about how Russia sees itself in the world. Insecure about its diminishing power vis-à-vis the United States and paranoid about China’s growing leverage in Asia, Russia’s new aggressive stance has not gone unnoticed in Washington and Beijing.

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