MOSCOW, Russia, July 3 (NNN-TASS) – Russia has successfully tested a new anti-ballistic missile, Colonel Pavel Kuzmin, a spokesman for the Russian air and anti-missile defence command of the Aerospace force, said.
“After a series of tests, the new anti-ballistic missile … (hit) an assigned target with a given accuracy,” a statement by the Russian Defence Ministry quoted Kuzmin as saying.
The missile is designed to counter ballistic missile attacks and was launched from the Sary-Shagan test range in Kazakhstan, the statement said.
It did not provide more details other than mentioning that the launch was not the missile’s first.
Moscow has successfully tested anti-ballistic missiles at the Sary-Shagan test range, once or twice a year, since 2011, and at least five times last year, according to the Russian Defence Ministry’s website.– NNN-TASS
