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From: Haim R. Branisteanu	8/31/2008 7:18:14 AM
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Russia tests stealth missile that could penetrate US shield Russia has successfully tested a stealth missile able to penetrate the US defence system being built in Poland. In a clear show of military strength amid rising tensions with Nato allies, Kremlin chiefs fired a Topol RS-12M rocket, which has nuclear capabilities, from their Plesetsk space centre to a target 3,700 miles across the country. The test came a week after Washington and Warsaw formally agreed a deal to host components of a US missile defence shield in Poland. While American officials insist the shield is designed to defend against a potential attack from Iran or North Korea, Moscow has maintained that it is an unacceptable affront to its own security. The Russian Foreign Ministry last week promised "to react, and not only through diplomatic protests" to the shield's construction. Following the test strike, Col Alexander Vovk of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces said: "The launch was specially tasked to test the missile's capability to avoid ground-based detection systems." The missile hit its target "with high precision, demonstrating its capability to deliver pinpoint strikes on well-defended targets," Col Vovk added. telegraph.co.uk

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