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November 04, 2014

Russia Test-Fires Topol-M Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 05, 2014
The Russian Strategic Missile Forces test-fired on Saturday a Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile from a launch site in northwestern Russia, the country's Defense Ministry said. "The (MBR) RT-2PM2 ,Topol-M', a silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile, was launched on November 1, at 9:20 a.m. [local time, or 6:20 GMT] from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome," the ministry said in a statement. The launch was carried out to test Topol-M's technical features. According to the statement, t ... read more

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