Russia test-fires intercontinental ballistic missile

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday from the Kapustin Yar firing range in the Astrakhan region, the Russian Defense Ministry said, Report informs, citing foreign media.

"On April 11, 2023, a military unit of the Strategic Missile Forces carried out a successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile of a mobile ground missile system from the Kapustin Yar State Central Interspecific Polygon in the Astrakhan region," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry noted that the missile's training warhead precisely hit a simulated target at the Sary-Shagan missile testing range in Kazakhstan.