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Intelligence Officials Identify “New” Russian Missile

December 1, 2004 :: News

Citing “intelligence sources,” Geostrategy Direct confirms the analysis noted here at Missilethreat.com, amidst speculation about a “new” Russian ballistic missile, after a speech by President Putin on November 17.
        Rather than a new missile altogether, the comment made by Putin most likely refers to a type of maneuverable warhead which can be used to evade U.S. missile defenses.
        Also of interest is that today’s report includes a description of a previous test of the Topol-M, which suggests it may have some sort of scramjet capability:


In November 2001, Moscow test fired a new SS-27 that had a low-trajectory flight as it flew from Plesetsk to the Kura test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East.

The first of the new missiles was fired in July 2001 and its last stage dropped from its flight in space to an altitude of about 100,000 feet. U.S. intelligence officials suspect the new missile is equipped with a scramjet-powered last stage that travels about five times the speed of sound
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