Russia Successfully Test Launches New Ballistic Air Defense Missile

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russia’s aerospace forces conducted successful tests of a new ballistic missile of the Russian missile defense system at the Sary-Shagan firing range in Kazakhstan, the Russian defense ministry said on Thursday.

News ID: 82640

Date: 26 November 2020 - 13:11

"An operational crew of the air and missile defense troops of the Russian aerospace forces successfully test launched a new missile of the Russian missile defense system at the Sary-Shagan firing range in Kazakhstan," the ministry said, TASS reported.

"The new missile of the Russian missile defense system has reliably confirmed its characteristics in a series of tests," said Andrei Demin, commander of the 1st air and missile defense army of the Russian aerospace forces.

The previous test launch of a new ballistic missile was conducted in late October on the same testing ground.

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