Topol-M missile regiment to be put on combat duty
SOURCE: RIA Novosti
December 19, 2005
MOSCOW, December 19 (RIA Novosti) - A ceremony to put Russia’s fifth missile regiment armed with silo-based intercontinental Topol-M missiles on combat duty will take place in the Saratov region in south European Russia December 24, the Strategic Missile Forces’ press service said Monday.
The ceremony will be attended by First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Belousov, Colonel General Nikolai Solovtsov who commands the Strategic Missile Forces, and senior officials. The deployment will be part of the modernization plan for the missile forces.
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