Russia Puts Eight ICBMs Into Service

Russia Puts Eight ICBMs Into Service
by Staff Writers
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2015

A Topol ICBM launcher at VDNKh.

Eight intercontinental ballistic missiles have been put into service in Russia's Strategic Missile Forces in the second quarter of 2015, the country's Deputy Minister of Defense Yuriy Borisov said Thursday.

Russian Strategic Missile Forces have also received seven mobile launchers, Borisov said.

He added that Russia would carry out six space launches for military purposes by end of the year.

According to the deputy minister, the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces carried out two launches in the second quarter of 2015.

Source: Sputnik International

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