Russia test-fires Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile

Russia test-fires Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile Moscow (UPI) Jan 17, 2017 - Russia's military successfully test-fired a Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile, according to the country's defense ministry. The missile, one of Russia's first ICBMs developed after the fall of the Soviet Union, was fired from the Plesetsk spaceport and struck its target at a firing range in the Kamchatka Peninsula. Russian defense authorities say the test was conducted to confi ... more

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