Russia test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile just one day after Vladimir Putin gave a rambling speech where he threatened the West with nuclear weapons.
The state-run TASS news agency reported: “At the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome, crews from the Yoshkar-Ola Missile Force conducted a combat training launch of a mobile-based solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile PGRK Yars, equipped with a multiple warhead.
“The training warheads arrived at the designated area at the Kura training ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The purpose of the launch was to confirm the tactical, technical and flight characteristics of the modern missile system. All assigned tasks were completed in full.”
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