Moskau feuert zum ersten Mal eine Interkontinentalrakete ab, sagt Kiew

> 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.

What made it intercontinental?

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.

I bet every single satellite was tracking it & Putin was sitting in his bunker praying it hits somewhere within Ukraines borders. I wonder what western military leaders would be thinking if it went completely off course / exploded during flight.

Running out of normal mid range rockets again?

At this point, what should the Western response be? This attack has shown that russia can be tit-for-tat when it comes to attacks (this was prob triggered as a response to Ukraine using Storm Shadow). How should both parties act so that it does not end up with the death of the whole goddamn world

We send ukraine longer range missiles and remove range restrictions? Poof! Bloodthristy Putin fires nukes at Ukraine, US fires their nukes at Russia, Russia fires at the west, we are all dead. Russia has shown they won’t give up on Ukraine, Ukraine wants Russia gone, both sides seem at a fucking stalemate.

I am in my 20s and this attack made it fucking hard to not doompost. just want to see my future alive and well, I wanna get a gf, family, friends, live my life, not have it all gone in a flash because of some ideological bloodthristy warriors on both sides of the table

Maybe, just maybe, a compromise has to be sadly reached, for the good of the whole world

For fucks sakes

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C1MoRiuXlU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C1MoRiuXlU)

I believe nuclear war is inevitable by now. Why aren’t our leaders funding civil defense programs? Why don’t we have bunkers eveywhere like the US during the Cold War?

firing an **intercontinental** missile at the same continent seems wasteful.