Russia Successfully Test Launches New Ballistic Air Defense Missile

"An operational crew of the air and missile defense troops of the Russian aerospace forces successfully test launched a new missile of the Russian missile defense system at the Sary-Shagan firing range in Kazakhstan," the ministry said, TASS reported.

"The new missile of the Russian missile defense system has reliably confirmed its characteristics in a series of tests," said Andrei Demin, commander of the 1st air and missile defense army of the Russian aerospace forces.

The previous test launch of a new ballistic missile was conducted in late October on the same testing ground.