Reports: Russia test-fires long-range ballistic missile

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Source: CCTV.com | 08-29-2008 09:08

The Itar-Tass news agency reports Russia has given one of its intercontinental ballistic missiles a test flight. The Topol RS-12M was launched from northern Russia.

Russian Topol ICBMs missiles seen during a rehearsal for  the nation's annual May 9 Victory Day parade earlier this  year. Russia has tested an inter-continental missile,  reports said, heightening tensions with the West as France  warned the European Union could slap sanctions on Moscow  over the Georgia conflict.(AFP/File/Dima Korotayev)

The report says the Topol intercontinental ballistic missile was launched by a joint team of strategic purpose missile troops and space troops.

The test was done to confirm the stability of the basic technical parameters of the missile in the period of its extended service life and to practice combat equipment intended for ground-based ballistic missiles.