Russia harked back to the shows of military strength that characterised the Cold War for today’s Victory Parade in Red Square, with the first display of armoured vehicles and nuclear missiles since the break-up of the Soviet Union. The parade included Topol-M ballistic missiles, T-90 tanks and a fleet of AA vans to keep the clanking rust-bucket arsenal moving.
Newly appointed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin denied the show of force was “sabre-rattling”, claiming it was “a demonstration of our growing defence capability.”
“I want to send a clear message to Hitler,” he said while drinking a glass of water and operating his puppet President’s wooden jaw. “If he gets his evil fascist hands on a time machine and decides to invade the future, he’d better not pick 2008 to attack us as we are still slightly better equipped than we were in 1945.”
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