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Monday, December 06, 2010

An RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile test fired from Kaputsin Yar

Topol-M (SS-27)An RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile was test fired from the Kapustin Yar training range near Volgograd on Sunday, Russian Strategic Rocket Forces spokesman Col. Vadim Koval told Itar-Tass.

He said the missile was fired towards the Sary-Shagan training range in Kazakhstan at 10:11 p.m. Moscow time.

“The test launch aimed to confirm the stability of main characteristics of the missile class in the period of extended service life and to test measuring systems and payload of intercontinental ballistic missiles,” he said.

Kaputsin Yar is the only training range for such tests, he added.

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