Russia to test launch seven intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2024 -Ifax

Russia gave the United States at least 24 hours notice of such launches and Washington afforded Moscow the same courtesy, Interfax cited Karakayev as telling the Russia's army's official Red Star newspaper.

By Reuters | Updated: Dec 16, 2023, 02.17 PM IST

In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, The Emperor Alexander III nuclear submarine of the Russia navy test-fires a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from the White Sea. The Defense Ministry said the missile's warheads successfully reached designated practice targets on the Kura range on the far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia plans to test launch seven intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2024, Sergei Karakayev, the commander of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces has said, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.

Russia gave the United States at least 24 hours notice of such launches and Washington afforded Moscow the same courtesy, Interfax cited Karakayev as telling the Russia's army's official Red Star newspaper.

Russia and the United States possess the world's biggest nuclear arsenals.

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