Xinhua Net:
MOSCOW, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — Russia test-fired a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday toward a range on the country’s Kamchatka Peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The solid-fuel mobile missile, equipped with a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle, was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia’s Arkhangelsk region.
The experimental warheads hit the target and the purpose of the launch was to test the reliability of the Yars missile system, according to the statement.
