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Russia has completed a "successful" military test of its new state-of-the-art interceptor missile intended to neutralise Western attacks.
The Kremlin declined to name the rocket system shown on video blasting off from the Sary-Shagan training range in Kazakhstan.
But it's believed to be the deadly PRS-1M interceptor missile, crucial to protecting Moscow and other strategic sites in the region from potential incoming NATO or other enemy missiles.
Footage released by the Defense Ministry-run Zvezda television channel today shows the preparation of the weapon's vehicle before it is loaded and launched into the air.