| 1 | Tests of a new nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile Bulava-M, designed to be mounted on Borei-class submarines, have been a mixture of failure and success. | |
| 2 | The international community believed it to be a missile test. | |
| 3 | Japan revised its Self-Defence Forces Law in 2005, legalising possible interceptions of ballistic missiles. | |
| 4 | United States: "Hey Soviet Union, don' t worry about that intercontinental missile we just fired that has a nuclear warhead attached. | |
| 5 | Neither would it prevent cruise missiles or bombers, whose flights are within the Earth's atmosphere, from hitting their targets. |