Russia successfully test-launched a Topol-M ICBM yesterday (see GSN, March 28).  The Topol-M is slated to replace Russia’s stockpile of SS-18 ballistic missiles (Agence France-Presse/SpaceDaily, June 7).  The missile hit a target on the Kura test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula after being launched from a mobile launch installation at the Plesetsk space center, according to ITAR-Tass (ITAR-Tass, June 6 in FBIS-SOV, June 6).

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