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The 'RS-24' is a Russian MIRV-equipped, thermonuclear intercontinental ballistic missile first tested on May 29, 2007 after a secret military R&D project, to replace the older SS-18 and SS-19 until 2050.^[1][2] RS-24 is a missile that is heavier than SS-27 Topol M, created in response to the missile shield that the United States wants to deploy in Europe^[3], which can carry up to 10 independently targetable warheads. Purported by the Russian government as being designed to defeat present and future anti-missile systems^[4], the ICBM was fired from a mobile launcher at the Plesetsk launch site in northwestern Russia at 14:20 local time and its test warheads landed on target about away at the Kura Test Range in Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.^[5][6][7]

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1. Russia tests new ICBM
2. Russian Official Boasts of New ICBM
3. Russian missile test new warning over US shield
4. BBC NEWS: ''Russia blames US in missile row''
5. Russia hits target in ICBM debut test
6. Russia Tested Satan Successor
7. BBC NEWS: ''Russia tests long-range missile''