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Russian Navy Launches New Strategic Missiles
Posted October 25th, 2008 by M Dee Dubroff

President Dmitry Medvedev himself was on hand for the recent test firing of two different strategic missiles. Dressed in the army’s new-style leather jacket with a badge identifying him as commander-in-chief, Medvedev watched the firing of a truck-mounted intercontinental Topol missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome and vowed to create a new generation of weapons for Russia’s armed forces.

He told the press:

“Not one missile of this class has ever flown so far. We will continue to commission new types of weapons but we will also continue testing the ones we have now. Their effectiveness has been proved by time. Our shield is fine.â€