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Russia Tests Submarine-Launched Missile
Russia over the weekend tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, and is planning to test a silo-based missile before the end of October, ITAR-Tass reported (see GSN, Sept. 28). A submerged submarine launched the RSM-54 missile, which flew more than 6,000 kilometers and hit a target at the Kura training range in Kamchatka. “This is the sixth sea-based ICBM launch this year,” the Russian Defense Ministry said. A land-based ICBM is to be test-fired this month from the Baikonur space center, ITAR-Tass reported. “The ICBM is in one of the silos at the cosmodrome. Strategic rocket crews are checking the missile and the launching system,” an official said (ITAR-Tass, Oct. 10). Meanwhile, Russia is destroying another rail-based missile launcher, Interfax reported yesterday. “The process of scrapping should be complete by the end of the week,” a source said. This is the eighth of nine rail launch pads set to be destroyed in 2005, Interfax reported. Japan on Friday agreed to help fund disposal of five Russian nuclear submarines, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are scheduled to sign the agreement when they meet next month in Japan. Japan will contribute millions of dollars to an international fund for Russian disarmament to pay for the submarine project, which could begin this year, Yomiuri reported. Russia is expected to conduct the work (Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri, Oct. 8).
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