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Russia tests two intercontinental missiles, Moscow reports
Oct 9, 2009, 12:40 GMT
Moscow - Russia this week launched two intercontinental rockets during naval exercises in the northern Pacific Ocean, the Defence Ministry disclosed Friday, the Interfax agency reported.
The ministry said the RSM-50 missiles were launched on October 6 and 7 from two nuclear-powered submarines in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Far East and hit their target on the uninhabited peninsula of Kanin, located in the Barents Sea, some 8,000 kilometres away in northern Russia.
The Russian military command described the tests as successful.
The RSM-50 - designated as the SS-N-18 by the western NATO alliance - is some 14 metres long and weighs 35.5 tons and is capable of carry multiple warheads. The liquid fuel-propelled rocket has been part of the Russian arsenal since 1977.
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