Russia Prepares to Activate Topol-M Missile Regiment

Russia plans to officially activate its fifth missile regiment armed with Topol-M ICBMs on Saturday, RIA Novosti reported yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 16).

Strategic Missile Forces commander Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov has said that Moscow plans to test-fire five to eight missiles in 2006 and that it would disband several missile units in the Urals and Siberia.

Russia disbanded two divisions this year, but formed more than 20 new units, RIA Novosti reported (RIA Novosti, Dec. 19).

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