Russia test-fires Yars intercontinental ballistic missile April 14, 2014 - 16:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Strategic Missile Forces test-fired on Monday, April 14, an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from a launch site in the country’s northwest, the Defense Ministry said, according to RIA Novosti. According to a ministry’s spokesman, Col. Igor Yegorov, the launch was carried out at 10.40 am Moscow time (06:40 GMT) from a mobile launcher at the Plesetsk space center. The test was successful as the simulated warhead hit a designated target at the Kura test range on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, Yegorov said. The fifth-generation RS-24 Yars (NATO reporting name SS-29) is an upgraded version of the Topol-M ballistic missile that was first tested in 2007. The RS-24 ICBM can carry multiple independently-targetable nuclear warheads designed to evade missile defense systems to a range of 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles). The Defense Ministry previously said the Topol-M and RS-24 ballistic missiles would be the mainstays of the ground-based component of Russia’s nuclear triad and would account for no less than 80 percent of the SMF’s arsenal by 2016. Related links:   Top stories The Israeli military said its aircraft attacked targets in Syria hours after a mortar bomb from fighting in Syria struck the Golan Heights. Transnistria does not share a border with Russia. It has been de facto independent since the 1990s but is not internationally recognised. Eight-seat Beechcraft planes will carry passengers to the Black Sea city of Batumi and the highland regions of Kazbegi and Svaneti. One of the wounded soldiers later died in hospital despite all attempts to save his life, lifting the death toll to three, the military said.   Partner news |  Latest news Spain's Marbella recognizes, condemns Armenian Genocide  City council representatives dwelled upon the importance of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.Google to show info about universities on search results page In the long term, these types of additions to Google search bolster the company's core advertising business.U.S.-France court battle tied to Picasso comes to a head A French family holding rights to photographs of Pablo Picasso's artwork won a major victory against an American art editor.EU ministers agree to ratify Paris climate deal "All member states greenlight early EU ratification of Paris agreement. What some believed impossible is now real," Tusk said. |
