A Topol-M on its road-mobile transporter-erector-launcher. Vitaly Kuzmin
The Warzone/The Drive: Russia Fires Topol Ballistic Missile to Test New Tech to Defeat Missile Defense Systems
It's the latest in a string of Russian launches that take aim at the US missile defense shield, amid other disputes.
Russia says it has tested yet another new reentry vehicle design on an RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM. The development comes amid persistent complains about as America’s ballistic missile defense shield, as well as renewed tensions between the Kremlin and the U.S. government over various agreements limiting the development of nuclear weapons.
On Dec. 26, 2017, the Russian Strategic Missile Force fired a Topol with the “perspective [sic] armament” from the Kapustin Yar range in the Astrakhan Region near the border with Kazakhstan, state-run media outlet TASS reported. The Kremlin did not say how far the test missile flew, where it landed, or whether the experiment had been a success.
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