Russia has successfully launched a new Inter-Continental ballistic Missile (ICBM). The ICB named Topol-M has a range of 11,000 kilometer. The launching was carried out on November 28.
The missile have length of 21.9 meter length and 1.9 width. The missile has a total mass of 47,200kg. The missile at the time of development had a payload capacity of 500 kilo tonnes. But at present the payload capacity is 1MT. The missile also carried 6 Multiple Independent Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle, which can attack more than one target.
It is assumed that the Russian forces had around 80 Topol-M missiles. The Russia has earlier proclaimed that will not build Topol missiles in 2009.
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