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Russia test-fires short-range interceptor missile

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Russia successfully tested a short-range anti-ballistic missile on Tuesday at a test site in Kazakhstan, a Strategic Missile Forces spokesman announced.

MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia successfully tested a short-range anti-ballistic missile on Tuesday at a test site in Kazakhstan, a Strategic Missile Forces spokesman announced.

"A joint team of Strategic Missile Forces, Space Forces and industry experts test launched a short-range missile interceptor on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. [8:00 a.m. GMT] from the Sary-Shagan testing site in Kazakhstan," Col. Alexander Vovk said.

He said the launch had been conducted to test the performance characteristics and extend the service life of missiles used as part of the national missile defense system.

The latest test was the 43rd launch of this type of interceptor missile since 1983. The previous launch from Sary-Shagan was conducted on October 11.

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces announced last Friday they would conduct five launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles by the end of 2007.

Commander Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov said seven ICBM launches had been conducted so far in 2007 to test the performance of a new RS-24 missile with multiple warheads, extend the service life of RS-18 and RS-25 missiles, and to lift payloads into orbit.

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