RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 95, Part I, 18 May 2001
MOSCOW PLANS DEPLOYMENT OF MORE TOPOL-M MISSILES. General Vladimir Yakovlev, the commander of Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces, said on 17 May that Moscow plans to deploy a fourth set of Topol-M ICBMs by the end of 2001, ITAR-TASS reported. The news service said that Russia now has 30 Topol-M missiles in service; the fourth set would add another 10. PG
Copyright (c) 2001. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. http://www.rferl.org
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