The return of Buran?

On Apr 16, 3:27*am, Pat Flannery wrote:
Andre Lieven wrote:
"Russian officials were concerned about a perceived ability of the US
Space Shuttle to make a sudden dive into the atmosphere to drop
bombs on Moscow, despite the fact that such a scenario was
physically impossible.[2]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_program

The footnote for this item [2] is:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7738489.stm

"Years after a sceptical Pentagon had given up on the shuttle, even
as a delivery truck for spy satellites, the Russian officials
continued
whispering to journalists that the US orbiter had a secret capability
-
to make an undetected "dive" into the Earth's atmosphere and
suddenly glide over Moscow dropping nuclear bombs.

Never mind that such a scenario was not supported by physics or
by common sense."

Comrade! Buran bomber with BOR-4 type MARVs!:
http://www.buran.fr/bourane-buran/img/bor_bur.jpg

Aircraft carriers in space ! It's The People's Battlestar...

Andre