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Russia Launches SS-25 Topol Missile

October 18, 2007 :: RIA-Novosti :: News

On October 18, Russia reported that it had successfully test-fired an RS-12 Topol (SS-25) intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk space center.  The warhead aboard the missile traveled successfully to its target at the testing grounds located on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.  In service since 1988, the RS-12 is a road-mobile single-warhead ICBM, similar in size and shape to the U.S. Minuteman ICBM. The launch from the space center in north Russia had been conducted to assess the possibility of extending the ten year long service life of Topol missiles. The missile will be replaced over the coming decade by a mobile version of the Topol-M (SS-27) missile, which can carry up to six nuclear warheads.  (Article)

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