PLESETSK, Russia (Reuters) — Russia conducted test launch of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles on Thursday (October 26) as part of a training exercise for the country’s strategic nuclear forces.
Russian defence ministry released a video showing a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile being test fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, hitting a target at the Kura military testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula thousands of kilometres (miles) away.
The ministry said test launches involved land, air, and submarine-based ballistic missiles.
Kremlin on Friday (Ocotber 27) said that President Vladimir Putin has personally overseen the launch of four nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.