 A column of Topol ballistic missile launchers roll through Red Square during a Victory Day parade in The Russian military fired a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from its northern test site in Plesetsk, as well as "several" shorter-range missiles from its submarines in the Northern and Pacific Fleets, news agencies cited defence officials as saying. Other military manoeuvres involved the launch from an undisclosed location in western The exercises, overseen by Putin and four visiting presidents from Kremlin-allied ex-Soviet states, were staged ahead of Putin stressed in televised comments that the war games had been planned in November, implying that they were not directly linked to events in But he told the visiting presidents from "You have been able to witness the great readiness and cohesion of our country's offensive and defensive strategic forces," said Putin. AFP |
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