BREAKING: Russia fires ballistic missile with HUGE warhead as Putin ratchets up WW3 threat
RUSSIA has successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, Moscow’s Defence Ministry has said.
By REBECCA PERRING
Express.co.uk
Tue, Sep 26, 2017
The RS-12M Topol successfully hit its target at a range in Kazakhstan as tensions with North Korea’s crackpot despot Kim Jong-un threaten to boil over.
The warhead test took place at the Kapustin Yar range in Russia’s southern Astrakhan Region.
Officials said the test data would be used to develop prospective means of breaching “enemy” missile defences for use in Russian ballistic missiles.
It will also test the advanced combat equipment of the Russian missiles.
A spokesman said: “A combat union of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile Topol RS-12M from the Kapustin Yar state central range in the Astrakhan region.
“The goal of the launch was to test advanced ballistic missile warheads.”
According to the ministry, data on the Topol launch will be used to develop advanced anti-missile defense penetration aids.
The test of the infamous Satan 2 thermonuclear missile could now be held in October, according to the TASS news agency.
It comes as the world teeters on the edge of World War 3 amid tensions between North Korea and the US.
