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Russia ‘fires intercontinental ballistic missile’ at Ukraine for first time (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by Streetlights@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Supposedly, an RS-26 was launched from Astrakhan and targeted at infrastructure in Dnipro.

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[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago

You don't, which why (aside from cost) nations don't use them as toys.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah. If you want to demonstrate ICBM capability you launch a satellite, especially a lunar satellite. Everyone plays nice and celebrates the science while understanding that your rocketry can get a payload into orbit with enough fuel and accuracy to accelerate and maneuver to exactly where you want to go.

If an ICBM comes at a MAD nation standing orders for nuclear strikes go into effect. Using it with conventional munitions on a MAD nation is a fast way to get your entire population killed without returning the favor.