Russia tests latest interceptor missile in Kazakhstan
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In the footage released on Monday, the interceptor can be seen being fired from the Sary Shagan test range in Kazakhstan.
Dubbed the PRS-1M, the new missile is apparently designed to replace the 53T6 short-range anti-ballistic missile, which is the main component of the country's ABM shield that protects Moscow from a possible nuclear attack.
“A new modernized anti-missile [system] precisely hit the conditional target. The preparation to the launch and the launch itself were conducted by the personnel of the anti-missile military unit and the command of the anti-missile and missile defense of the Russian Aerospace Forces in cooperation with enterprises of the industry at the anti-ballistic missile testing range,” said Colonel Andrey Prikhodko, the deputy commander of Anti-Missile and Missile Defense Command of Russian Aerospace Forces.