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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Russia to Put 100 Strategic Missiles on Service by Yearend

Topol-M (SS-27) |Russian strategic missile forces will put on service about 100 new Topol-M and Yars missiles by the end of this year, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

With the deployment, "the share of modern weapons in the strategic missile forces will approach 30 percent," ministry spokesman Vadim Koval told reporters.

According to the spokesman, the rearmament of Teikovo missile division has been completed. The division, deployed in Central Russia's Ivanovo region, has become the first in Russia which is fully armed with fifth-generation missiles.

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