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Topol M Warhead Impact Captured on Film

May 15, 2004 :: Itar-Tass :: News

Yuriy Solomonov, director of the Moscow Institute of Heat Technology, announced to journalists today that the moment of impact for the warhead from the recent April 20 test launch of a Topol M ICBM was captured on video “for the first time in the world,” stressing that nothing like this had been done before in Russia or elsewhere.
        The purposes for capturing the warhead on film may be many, possibly relating to Moscow’s attempts to make the Topol M warhead maneuverable and thus resistant to American missile defenses. Regardless, the fact that they were able to capture the warhead on firm would seem to illustrate the much-touted accuracy of Russia’s newest missile.  (Article)

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