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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/reedmideke/statuses/113522823908667278">Reed Mideke (reedmideke@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Oct-2025 08:48:33 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke" title="reedmideke@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/108668-48-20230320145057.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Reed Mideke" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Reed Mideke</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/113519960275875468" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>Explanation from <a href="https://sfba.social/@georgewherbert">@georgewherbert</a> seems to fit all the contradictory statements:<br>US "not an ICBM" technically true based on range, but RS-26 is nominally an ICBM. Putin's "new type of weapon" probably an exaggeration, but a previously unacknowledged role or variant </p><p>Notably there were rumors RS-26 would be used in the days before, and the US embassy closure for an unspecified "specific information of a potential significant air attack" was likely related</p><p><a href="https://www.twz.com/news-features/russias-unprecedented-ballistic-missile-attack-on-ukraine-what-we-know" rel="nofollow">https://www.twz.com/news-features/russias-unprecedented-ballistic-missile-attack-on-ukraine-what-we-know</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5723996#notice-11231236">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-10-05T08:48:33+09:00" title="Sunday, 05-Oct-2025 08:48:33 JST">about 9 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/113522823908667278" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/113522823908667278">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5297268">Three tweet in a thread. The first from me says "It's only ~1000km from Astrakhan to Dnipro, betting not an ICBM. Sure you could do it with a hugely lofted trajectory, but… why?"
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@GeorgeWHerbert say
RS-26 might have as little as 2,000 kilometers range on minimum energy trajectory and carry MIRV warheads in some models.
RS-26 is technically an ICBM test fired to 5,600 km with a very light warhead.  But we believe functioning as IRBM with deployed warheads set.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/522/813/861/193/368/original/5e2fdee94fd62499.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/522/813/861/193/368/original/5e2fdee94fd62499.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Reed Mideke (reedmideke@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Oct-2025 08:48:33 JSTReed Mideke
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- George William Herbert
Explanation from @georgewherbert seems to fit all the contradictory statements:
US "not an ICBM" technically true based on range, but RS-26 is nominally an ICBM. Putin's "new type of weapon" probably an exaggeration, but a previously unacknowledged role or variant
Notably there were rumors RS-26 would be used in the days before, and the US embassy closure for an unspecified "specific information of a potential significant air attack" was likely related
https://www.twz.com/news-features/russias-unprecedented-ballistic-missile-attack-on-ukraine-what-we-know
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1. Three tweet in a thread. The first from me says "It's only ~1000km from Astrakhan to Dnipro, betting not an ICBM. Sure you could do it with a hugely lofted trajectory, but… why?" Two replies from GeorgeWilliamHerbert @GeorgeWHerbert say RS-26 might have as little as 2,000 kilometers range on minimum energy trajectory and carry MIRV warheads in some models. RS-26 is technically an ICBM test fired to 5,600 km with a very light warhead. But we believe functioning as IRBM with deployed warheads set.
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