Russia Successfully Test-Launches Yars ICBM
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A Yars silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was test launched on Tuesday from Russia's Plesetsk space center, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"The test launch of a RS-24 Yars silo-based solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, equipped with a multiple independently targeted reentry vehicle [MIRV] was carried out by a unit of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces," the ministry said in a statement.

According to the statement, the main goal of the launch was to confirm the reliability of a batch of missiles of the same class.