The Russian military successfully test-fired a mobile version of its top-of-the line Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday, officials said. The missile was fired from a mobile launcher at the Plesetsk launch pad in the northern region of Arkhangelsk and hit a designated target on a testing range on the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia's Strategic Missile Forces said in a statement. Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, Economics Minister German Gref and other top officials attended the launch. Friday's launch is expected to be the last of four test-firings of the Topol-M's mobile version before its deployment set for next year, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. The Topol-M missiles, capable of hitting targets more than 10,000 kilometers (6,000 miles) away, have been in silos since 1998 and about 40 are on duty now, according to military officials.
