Russia Test-Launches Solid-Fuel ICBM From Plesetsk Cosmodrome Toward Kamchatka as Strategic Missile Forces Demonstrate Readiness

Russia's Defense Ministry announced on Friday that the Strategic Missile Forces conducted a combat training launch of a mobile, solid-fuel ICBM from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk region 123. Training warheads traveled roughly 6,700 kilometers to hit their designated target at the Kura test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula 34. The ministry did not name the missile type, saying only it deployed a mobile launcher battery and that "all assigned tasks were accomplished in full" confirming the system's tactical, technical and flight characteristics 23. The launch came three days after CIA Director John Ratcliffe's unannounced Moscow visit, where he met FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov to warn the Kremlin against provocations targeting NATO members 4. Kyiv Post noted Russia's solid-fuel arsenal is dominated by the Topol and Yars systems, which have a 10,500-kilometer range and make up 56% of the country's strategic land-based nuclear arsenal 4.