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Study by Strategic Missile Troops on Topol-M Uses

July 5, 2006 :: Itar-Tass :: News

Russia’s Strategic Missile Troops are studying and developing new combat uses for the Topol-M (SS-27) intercontinental ballistic missile, reports Itar-Tass. According to Aleksandr Vovk, head of the information and public relations service of the SMT, the study and development of these new combat uses will be among the “main efforts” of Russia’s missile scientists in 2007. The Topol-M is said to be the core of Russia’s modernized missile arsenal, capable of hitting targets at a range of more than 10,000 km (6,000 miles). In recent months, Moscow has boasted of new defense-penetrating warheads, intended to zigzag on their approach to targets, which will be fitted on the Topol-M as well as its sea-based counterpart, the Bulava (SS-NX-30) SLBM. Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that the new warheads will allow Russia to main a strategic balance of power with the U.S. (Article)

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