New Russian missile can carry bigger warhead: Expert
September 8th, 2012 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will have a five-tonne warhead, which is four times that of its predecessors, a former military commander said."The ... Read more...
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Russia to build new intercontinental missile by 2018
September 4th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will build a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by 2018, a senior military official has revealed."Construction of the missile is ongoing," Strategic Missile Forces ... Read more...
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Russia turns on new missile warning radar
May 23rd, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia placed its new Voronezh-M long-range missile warning radar on duty in the Irkutsk region of Siberia Wednesday."At 10:15 a.m. on May 23, it was ... Read more...
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Russia test fires new ballistic missile
May 23rd, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia test-fired a new prototype ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome Wednesday, Defence Ministry spokesman Vadim Koval said, but did not name the new weapon."The ... Read more...
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Russia may adopt new ICBM by 2022
May 8th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will only be able to adopt a new 100-tonne liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) intended to penetrate the US missile defence system by 2022, ... Read more...
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Russia to train soldiers for missile systems
January 18th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) More than 4,000 soldiers on contract will take training courses in 2012 to be able to operate the new Yars (RS-24) ballistic missile systems, a ... Read more...
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Russia test launches RS-18 ballistic missile (Lead)
December 28th, 2011 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia successfully test-launched intercontinental ballistic missile -- RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) -- Tuesday from the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan, said the defence ministry.The missile is ... Read more...
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Russia test launches ICBM
November 3rd, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia test launched a Topol RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday, the defense ministry said.It was launched at 10.45 a.m. from the Plesetsk Space Center and ... Read more...
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Russia to keep Topol missiles until 2019
October 29th, 2011 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 28 (IANS) Russia is going to keep on active duty its Topol strategic mobile ballistic missile systems until 2019, the Russian Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) said Friday.According to ... Read more...
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Russia test fires missile
December 24th, 2009 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 24 (RIA Novosti) Russia successfully test fired a heavy missile capable of carrying 10 warheads Thursday morning, a defence ministry spokesman said.
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Russia to test launch ballistic missile
April 10th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 10 (RIA Novosti) Russia will test launch later Friday a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk space centre in northern Russia, a spokesman for the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) ... Read more...
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China now has ’strategic nuclear deterrence’
February 4th, 2009 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 4 (Xinhua) Two top generals of China's nuclear forces say they have successfully built a "strategic deterrence" by enhancing the capability of intercontinental strikes and creating a versatile missile inventory.The ... Read more...
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In any war, India’s conventional superiority will prevail (Comment)
December 28th, 2008 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
The Pakistan government has failed to respond satisfactorily to India's demands to convincingly end terrorism emanating from its soil and to hand over terrorist leaders and fugitives from Indian justice. Though both ... Read more...
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‘Russia will cut weapon programmes if US drops missile shield’
December 20th, 2008 - 4:45 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 20 (DPA) Russia will halt some strategic weapons programmes if the US drops plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, a senior Russian general said Friday.Nikolai Solovtsov, commander ... Read more...
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Russian president observes Barents Sea military drill
October 11th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Severomorsk (Russia), Oct 11 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev joined the Northern Fleet Saturday to observe military exercises, including a full-range test of the Sineva ballistic missile, in the Barents Sea.Medvedev ... Read more...
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Russia launches Thai satellite on converted missile
October 1st, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 1 (RIA Novosti) Russia Wednesday launched a converted intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a rocket launch site in the south Urals to put a Thai earth observation satellite into orbit, ... Read more...
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Russia launching missile to put Thai satellite into orbit
August 5th, 2008 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, Aug 5 (RIA Novosti) Russia will launch a converted RS-20 Voyevoda intercontinental ballistic missile to put a Thai earth observation satellite into orbit Wednesday, the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) has ... Read more...
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Russia may scrap n-arms treaty over US missile shield: expert
July 10th, 2008 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, July 10 (RIA Novosti) Russia may respond to US plans for missile defence bases in Central Europe with a host of measures, including the withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear ... Read more...
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Russia to downsize army to one million by 2013
June 24th, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, June 24 (RIA Novosti) The Russian armed forces will be slimmed to one million personnel by 2013, three years ahead of a planned troops reduction deadline. "We plan to do ... Read more...
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Russian rocket blasts off with US satellites
June 19th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, June 19 (RIA Novosti) Russia has successfully launched a Cosmos 3M rocket with six US satellites onboard from a space centre in southern Russia, a spokesman for the Russian Strategic ... Read more...
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Russia scraps Topol ballistic missile system
May 29th, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 29 (RIA Novosti) Russia has dismantled six outdated Topol mobile ballistic missile systems under an international treaty on strategic arms reduction, the Strategic Missile Forces said in a statement ... Read more...
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Russia to launch latest ballistic missiles
May 5th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 5 (RIA Novosti) Russia will conduct nine test launches of the latest version of its ballistic missile in the current year. "One of the main tasks for us in ... Read more...
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Russia to deploy more intercontinental ballistic missiles
February 28th, 2008 - 11:56 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, Feb 28 (RIA Novosti) Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) would deploy 11 new silo and mobile-launched Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2008, the SMF commander has said. General Nikolai Solovtsov ... Read more...
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