Plesetsk Cosmodrome

BREAKING: Russia successfully test-fires new ICMB

Russia has successfully launched a  RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry,

“The main purpose of the launch is to confirm the reliability of rockets of the same class. The warheads successfully reached their target – the Kura testing range in Kamchatka. All aims of the test were achieved”.

The new RS-24 Yars  is a nuclear capable missile with one of the longest rages of any kind in its class.
RT reports,