Russia Ready to Test New Nuclear ICBM

Russia Ready to Test New Nuclear ICBM
A Russian Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile system rides through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2017. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images
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Russia is ready to test a new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile which Russia claims can penetrate U.S. missile defenses and destroy an area the size of the state of Texas.

Initial tests will be conducted at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 500 miles north of Moscow.

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