Moscow, Nov 2, SPA -- The Russian military successfully test-firedtwo ballistic missiles Tuesday, firing one from a nuclearsubmarine in the Pacific Ocean and another from thenorthwestern Plesetsk cosmodrome, officials said. The RS-12M Topol missile fired from the space launchingarea in Plesetsk hit a designated target on the KamchatkaPeninsula in the Russian Far East, about 6,700 kilometers(4,200 miles) east of Moscow, Russia's Strategic MissileForces said in a statement released to the media. In another test launch Tuesday, the St. George nuclearsubmarine launched a ballistic missile from under water inthe Sea of Okhotsk in the Far East. The missile hit a settarget in northern Russia, the navy said in a statement. The St. George is a Delta-III-class submarine, which isequipped to carry 16 R-29R nuclear-tipped missiles. --SPA1421 Local Time 1121 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/214931
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