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Russia test-fires intercontinental missile (from its boomer)
Reuters/Yahoo News ^ | December 17, 2007 | Tatyana Ustinova
Posted on 12/17/2007 10:45:07 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Russia test-fires intercontinental missile Mon Dec 17, 1:31 AM ET
Russia successfully conducted a test launch on Monday of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the navy said.
A statement said the missile was launched from the Tula nuclear powered submarine in the Barents Sea in the Arctic and hit a designated area in the Kura testing ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula on Russia’s Pacific coast.
“The launch was conducted from an underwater position as a part of training to test the readiness of the marine strategic nuclear forces,” the statement said.
A navy spokesman would not say what type of missile was tested. Itar-Tass news agency said the Tula submarine carried Sineva missiles commissioned by a decree from President Vladimir Putin in July.
Missile tests have become regular occurrences in the Russian armed forces in the past few years. They are viewed by Russia’s political and military leadership as evidence that they are reviving the country’s military might.
(Reporting by Tatyana Ustinova, Writing by Oleg Shchedrov)
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“Japan shoots down test missile in space: official”
AFP/Yahoo News ^ | 12/18/07 | Miwa Suzuki
Posted on 12/17/2007 10:54:55 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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“U.S. To Aid Japan With Defensive Missile Test”
San Diego Union Tribune ^ | Dec 16, 2007 | Audrey McAvoy, AP
Posted on 12/17/2007 6:27:55 AM PST by RDTF
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