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Servicemen from a Western Military District missile large unit based in the Kursk Region in southwest Russia have test-fired a new Iskander-M (NATO reporting name: SS-26 Stone) tactical ballistic missile system, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
“The crews hit the target at a distance of about 60 kilometers [37 miles] at the Kapustin Yar testing range in the Astrakhan Region [in south Russia]. The target simulated a fortified command post of an illegal armed group. Recording equipment registered that the target was hit without any deviations. After the test-launch, the crews practiced displacing to a new positioning area as quickly as possible,” the press office said.
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