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To: TobagoJack who wrote (59187)4/23/2006 4:14:45 PM
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Russia tests missile
Moscow, April 23 (AP): Russia test-launched a missile today and a military commander said US missile-defence plans could threaten the strategic balance between the former Cold War foes, Russian news agencies reported.

Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces, which are responsible for the country's ballistic missiles, successfully launched the K65M-R missile from a testing ground at Kapustin Yar in the southern Astrakhan region, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

The commander of the forces, Col.-Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, said the main purpose of the launch was to test "a uniform warhead for land- and sea-based ballistic missiles" and newly developed elements of a system designed to penetrate missile defenses, Interfax reported.

Solovtsov said plans for a US missile-defence system "could upset strategic stability", the agency reported, suggesting that the test was part of an effort to ensure that Russian missiles are capable of foiling any US shield. He said the test involved optic and radar measurement systems that reproduce similar US systems, according to Interfax.

President Vladimir Putin has boasted that Russia has missiles capable of penetrating any missile defence system, specifying that they can change their flight path on approach to a target. Solovtsov said the system being tested today would make missiles more difficult to spot and their trajectories more difficult to predict.

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