Russia developing new long range ballistic missile

MOSCOW: Russia is developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile that will eventually replace its existing Topol-M and Yars long range weapons, the military said on Friday.

Revealing the existence of the project for the first time, rocket forces commander General Sergei Karakayev said that several test launches of prototypes had already taken place and the work was on the "right path", Russian state media said.