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Russia fails RS-24 Yars ballistic missile test

Moscow, Russia - The first of a modified prototype that will be part of a new missile defense system

The Russian defense reported the failure of today's test launch of a new modified version of the intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 Yars. This was the first test of the prototype, launched ??yesterday from a mobile platform on a terrain specially crafted in the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The attempt was part of an experiment to reach a new set of weapons for future missile defense systems, Colonel...

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Rome, Italy, 09/28/2011 06:55
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