Russian Military Conducts Mobile ICBM Test
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Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday that it conducted a successful combat training launch of a mobile, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region.
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The Strategic Missile Forces deployed a mobile launcher battery to a remote area before firing the missile across the country to the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula, located more than 6,700 kilometers (4,160 miles) to the east.
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Video released by the Defense Ministry showed the missile launch from a forested location.
Video released by the Defense Ministry showed the missile launch from a forested location.
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The military said the goal of the launch was to confirm the “tactical, technical and flight characteristics of the missile system.”
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All assigned tasks were completed in full, and the ICBM maintained a flawless trajectory.
“All assigned tasks were completed in full,” the ministry said, adding that the ICBM maintained a “flawless trajectory.”
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The Defense Ministry did not identify the missile used in the launch.
It did not identify the missile used in the launch.
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The Defense Ministry reportedly launched the RS-24 Yars system from Plesetsk to Kura as part of wide-ranging missile forces exercises in mid-May.
Kura test site Plesetsk Cosmodrome RS-24 Yars Russian Ministry of Defense
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The latest launch comes less than a week after unverified reports claimed that Ukrainian drones targeted Plesetsk.
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