THE RUSSIAN PUTIN KEEPS GROWING ITS MILITARY CAPABILITY FROM AN UPDATED NAVAL MISSILE TO REVIVING THE NUCLEAR TRAIN OF THE COLD WAR–ALL ABOARD- DEFENSE SPENDING WORLDWIDE GROWS EXCEPT FOR THE USA UNDER THE LEFTIST POTUS BHO

RUSSIAN NAVY SUCCESS IN MISSILE UPGRADE: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_MISSILE_TEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-11-28-12-19-48

Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces are considering bringing back iconic Soviet-era nuclear missile trains as Moscow pumps money into a complete overhaul its aging nuclear arsenal.

According to an unidentified source in the Russian military-industrial complex quoted by the TASS news agency on Thursday, the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology — makers of the Topol, Yars and Bulava missiles — is designing a next-generation missile launching train.

"While the decision to start manufacturing [missile trains] is still pending, the probability is high that it will happen," the source was quoted as saying, explaining that technical studies and cost estimates are still being conducted.

"In the best-case scenario, they will be deployed by the end of the decade, probably somewhere around 2019," he said.

The Russian nuclear forces are the prime beneficiaries of Moscow's sweeping 20 trillion ruble ($500 billion) military rearmament drive, with authorities pledging to completely modernize the country's arsenal with new rockets better suited to respond to modern threats.

The Soviet Union began deploying nuclear missile trains in 1987. The trains used RT-23 Molodets missiles, built by the giant Yuzhmash machine building plant located in modern day Ukraine. By the time the U.S.S.R. collapsed in 1991, 56 of the missiles were deployed on missile trains. Ukraine stopped building RT-23s, and by 2005 Russia had decommissioned all of them.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-looks-to-revive-nuclear-missile-trains-to-counter-u-s-attack-capability/511979.html

The annual budget of the U.S. came first with $640 billion, but was 7.8 percent less than the year before.

With the exception of the U.S., however, the world saw a 1.8 percent increase in military expenditure. China was the second-biggest arms spender with $188 billion, while Russia, in third place, boosted its budget 4.8 percent to $87.8 billion.

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