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Russia Tests SS-19 Missile

October 29, 2007 :: Spacewar.com :: News

Russia test fired an RS-18 (SS-19) intercontinental ballistic missile October 29 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in neighboring Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported.  The missile's warhead successfully traveled eastward to the missile testing ground on the Kamchatka peninsula.  The test was intended to check the continued effectiveness of the missile's flight systems. The RS-18s are specially equipped to overcome missile defense systems.  The Itar-Tass news agency notes that Russia has some 160 of the SS-19 missile, and that they are equipped with countermeasures to resist American missile defense systems. (Article)

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