Russia said a new sea-based ballistic missile made its first successful test flight Thursday after several previous failures, in what was the country’s second major test of new rocket technology in a month.
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June 29, 2007Russia has conducted a launch of an SS-18 Satan intercontinental ballistic missile from a silo in the Urals to launch a U.S. civilian satellite into orbit, a spokesman for the Strategic Missile Forces said Thursday.
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Vladimir Putin told a British newspaper U.S. plans to put a missile defense system in eastern Europe could trigger a nuclear war.
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June 4, 2007Russia`s Deputy Prime Minister has announced the launch of a new strategic nuclear submarine, it would be the first launch since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
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April 10, 2007Ballistic missile early warning (BMEWS) radars will not be deployed on the premises of Russian embassies abroad, Russian Space Forces command said Tuesday.
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March 22, 2007Russia’s Defense minister has approved Topol-M mobile missile systems for use as part of the country’s Strategic Missile Forces.
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December 5, 2006Investigations into the failure of a test launch of the newest Russian ballistic missile a month ago have yet not been able to establish the causes of the incident, a Russian Space Agency official said Tuesday.
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November 28, 2006The country’s nuclear forces must remain capable of guaranteeing the destruction of any potential aggressor, President Putin said Thursday, as he addressed a meeting of senior military officials, AP reports.
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November 17, 2006The Defense Ministry will buy 17 intercontinental ballistic missiles, other armaments and military hardware to the total sum of over 300 billion rubles in 2007, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov said at a Thursday meeting of armed forces commanders.
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November 16, 2006The U.S. elections that gave the Democratic Party control of both houses of Congress could help promote a resolution of the international standoff with North Korea over its nuclear program, Mikhail Gorbachev said Friday, according to the Interfax news agency.
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