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StrategyPage has a tasty little tidbit about Russia’s new Iskander ballistic missile:

Russia is buying several dozen Iskanders for its own military. These versions have a longer range (400 kilometers) and more countermeasures (to interception). Russia will not provide details. Russia has admitted that it could use Iskander to destroy the U.S. anti-missile systems in a pre-emptive attack. Just in case Russia wanted to start World War III for some reason or another.

These missiles are fast, and fly “flat” enough that they never leave the atmosphere.