. at the Plesetsk cosmodrome held a training combat launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 " YARS ", said the Ministry of defence.

The rocket was launched at eleven: 31 a.m. Moscow time.

It is noted that the Rocket arrived " in the specified area on the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula ".

It is emphasized that all the tasks were successfully done.

Strategic complex RS-24 "YARS" - the modification of the complex " Topol-M ". It is equipped with solid-fuel Intercontinental ballistic missile mobile and silo placement.

In the current year on duty is expected to deliver more than three dozen launchers with Intercontinental ballistic missiles "YARS" and " avant-garde ".



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