07.06 Russia Tests
MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti) The US missile defense system is no match for the new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Russia tested this week, a senior Russian official said Friday.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the defense industry, hailed Thursdays tests a success and dubbed the new ICBM a missile defense killer.
Neither current nor future American missile defense systems will be able to prevent that missile from hitting a target dead on, he said, during an event organized by the ruling United Russia party.
The Russian Defense Ministry was more modest in its appraisal of the test carried out by the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) at the Kapustin Yar testing site on Thursday.
The test launch was a success as the [simulated] warhead hit a designated target within the set time frame, a Defense Ministry statement issued on Thursday said.
