- MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's military
has commissioned its first unit of new intercontinental ballistic missiles
mounted on mobile launchers, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Sunday.
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- The new version of Topol-M missiles entered duty with
a missile unit stationed near the town of Teikovo, the agency quoted Strategic
Missile Forces spokesman Col. Alexander Vovk as saying.
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- Teikovo is a small town in the Ivanovo region, located
some 250 kilometers (about 150 miles) northeast of Moscow.
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- Vovk said the unit, which previously had used a mobile
version of an older Topol missile, quickly adopted the new weapon, the
ITAR-Tass said. He did not say how many new missiles were deployed with
the unit.
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- The Topol-M missiles, capable of hitting targets more
than 10,000 kilometers (6,000 miles) away, have so far been deployed only
in silos. Its new version, which will be mounted on a heavy off-road
vehicle, makes it harder for an enemy to track it down.
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