A Topol-M mobile launcher during rehearsals for the 2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade. Business Insider
As Ukraine Tension Flares, Russia Test-Fires An ICBM -- The Age
Russia said it had successfully test-fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile on Tuesday, with tensions high over its seizure of control in the Crimea and its threat to send more forces to its neighbour Ukraine.
The Strategic Rocket Forces launched an RS-12M Topol missile from the southerly Astrakhan region near the Caspian Sea and the dummy warhead hit its target at a proving ground in Kazakhstan, the state-run news agency RIA cited Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Yegorov as saying.
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Update #1: Russia test-fires ICBM amid tension over Ukraine -- Reuters
Update #2: Russia Says It Just Test-Fired An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile -- Business Insider
Update #3: Russia Test Fires Ballistic Missile -- Radio Free Europe
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