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The RS-24 is a Russian MIRV-equipped, thermonuclear intercontinental ballistic missile first tested on May 29, 2007 after a secret military R&D project, to replace the older SS-18 and SS-19 until 2050.[1][2] RS-24 is a missile that is heavier than SS-27 Topol M, created in response to the missile shield that the United States wants to deploy in Europe,[3] which can carry up to 10 independently targetable warheads. Purported by the Russian government as being designed to defeat present and future anti-missile systems,[4] the ICBM was fired from a mobile launcher at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia at 14:20 local time and its test warheads landed on target about 5,500 km (3,400 mi) away at the Kura Test Range in Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.[5][6][7] The second launch from Plesetsk to Kura Test Range was conducted on December 25th, 2007 at 13:10 GMT. It successfully reached its destination.[8][9]
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