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Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Russia’s Cold War nuclear missile train back on track in new arms race

RT-23 Molodets (SS-24 Scalpel) ICBMRussian scientists are reviving Soviet-era nuclear missile trains as part of the Kremlin’s $530 billion overhaul of its armed forces.

Disguised military trains loaded with nuclear missiles first rumbled across Russia’s railways in the 1980s.

They could travel more than 1000km a day without being detected and could launch missiles from any part of their route, making them a key part of the ­Soviet Union’s Cold War arsenal.

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