harsens_rob (harsens_rob) wrote,
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harsens_rob

*sigh* Pretty, but still....

"A missile launch seen from space: an unexpected surprise!" Parmitano wrote in a post on Oct. 11. One of the Italian astronaut's photos shows a curving contrail left in the missile's wake and another features a wispy cloud formed in space after the missile disintegrated.


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So, what is causing this?

"According to a representative of the Rocket Forces, the test was used to confirm characteristics of the Topol missile, to test the systems of the Sary Shagan test site, and 'to test new combat payload for intercontinental ballistic missiles,'" RussianForces.org wrote on Oct. 10.


Because that is exactly what the world absolutely must have more of... intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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