The Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro Thursday that caused aneurysms among the “World War III is here” crowd when it was initially reported to be a conventionally armed ICBM has been officially identified as a previously unknown intermediate-ranged ballistic missile; see Russia May or May Not Have Launched a Non-Nuclear ICBM at Ukraine.
Deputy Defense Press Secretary Sabrina Singh, speaking at the daily Pentagon press briefing, identified the missile as ” an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile” based on an existing ICBM design. She also confirmed that Russia had alerted the Pentagon to the launch in accordance with nuclear risk reduction protocols. The video is cued to the transcript.
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Q: Thanks, Sabrina. A couple of questions on the missile strike in Ukraine. First,…
