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Test launch of a SS-19 missile

At 11:30 MSK (10:30 DMV, 07:30 UTC) on October 20, 2005 the Strategic Rocket Forces successfully launched an SS-19 (UR-100NUTTH) missile from a silo launcher at the launch complex No. 175 of the Baykonur launch site. The missile was reported to reach the designated point at the Kura test range at Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Looks like the SS-19 may be the backbone of Russian ICBM triad for at least another generation.

[Ozzy] [December 2, 2005] [#]

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