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The war in the ether

August 12, 2008 - 3:47 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Dan
2008-08-12 22:29:19

Off topic but, is Russia operating under a nuclear umbrella?

AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: “In terms of how we’ve responded to this, the President was informed immediately on Friday, when we received news of the first two SS-21 Russian missile launchers into Georgian territory. He immediately — this was at the Great Hall — he immediately met with President Putin. They had a discussion. The President then engaged with his national security staff continuously over the last two days.

The SS-21 carries 120KG of conventional explosives or tactical nukes, which begs the question why would the president need to be immediately if they believed them to be carrying 240KG of explosives?