(from Mutter's)--I think the Russkies are making a statement here, considering the timing.
Russia test-launches land- and sea-based ballistic missiles
Moscow, Nov 2, SPA
The Russian military successfully test-fired
two ballistic missiles Tuesday, firing one from a nuclear
submarine in the Pacific Ocean and another from the
northwestern Plesetsk cosmodrome, officials said.
The RS-12M Topol missile fired from the space launching
area in Plesetsk hit a designated target on the Kamchatka
Peninsula in the Russian Far East, about 6,700 kilometers
(4,200 miles) east of Moscow, Russia's Strategic Missile
Forces said in a statement released to the media.
In another test launch Tuesday, the St. George nuclear
submarine launched a ballistic missile from under water inthe Sea of Okhotsk in the Far East.
The missile hit a set target in northern Russia, the navy said in a statement.
The St. George is a Delta-III-class submarine, which is
equipped to carry 16 R-29R nuclear-tipped missiles.
--SPA
www.spa.gov.sa/newsview.p...end.214931
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