New Toys.

Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader recognizes the benefits of ruling like an autocrat. Which, let us not kid ourselves, is pretty much what President Putin is doing in Russia. (How long before we start describing him as "President for Life" Putin?)

One of the benefits of such a style of government is that when the leader wants a new toy. Well by God he's gonna get one. And that is what it appears as though the Russians are doing by developing a new nuclear missile.

From the articles your Maximum Leader has read (not just the linked one but some others) it appears as though the Russians are introducing iether a new type of ballistic missle or a cruise missile. If they get new toys why can't the US Army/Air Force/Navy get new toys. (Your Maximum Leader doesn't think that they let Marines play with nukes. They are likely to use them you know.) What about bunker-buster h-bombs? Your Maximum Leader knows the many arguments against these sorts of weapons, but still thinks we need to research and test them. Just because we will not doesn't mean that anyone will follow our example.

Carry on.