Russia conducted a test launch of its next-generation intercontinental nuclear missile last Wednesday, news agency Interfax reports.
The RS-24 ballistic missile was launched from a mobile launcher at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk Oblast, and struck its target at the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka peninsula. This was the third successful RS-24 launch in the last two years.
According to Wikipedia, the RS-24 missile is created in response to the missile shield that the United States wants to deploy in Europe. It can carry up to 10 independently targetable warheads.
See video from the first launch in May 2007 here
