Putin ramps up WW3 fears as he launches NUCLEAR MISSILES in terrifying show of power
RUSSIA has carried out a series of ballistic missile tests today as tensions with the US continue to rise over the conflict in Syria.
By Vickiie Oliphant
PUBLISHED: 21:59, Wed, Oct 12, 2016 | UPDATED: 08:22, Thu, Oct 13, 2016
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The Topol missile, the fastest in the world, was launched from a submarine in the Barents Sea off the Russian coast today as part of a series of ballistic tests.
Another was later shot from an island in the north-west of the country with its warhead hitting a simulated target, and a third missile - a nuclear-capable rocket - shot from a Pacific Fleet submarine in the Sea of Okhotsk, north of Japan.
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The Topol missile, the fastest in the world, was launched from a submarine
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The country’s Defence Ministry said in a statement the training warhead “struck a simulated target on the firing range on the Kamchatka peninsula”.
The RS-12M Topol is a single-warhead intercontinental ballistic missile, which entered service in 1985.
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The RS-12M Topol is a single-warhead intercontinental ballistic missile
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It has a maximum range of 10,000 km or 6,125 miles and can carry a nuclear warhead with a yield of up to 550 kilotons.
The launch comes as a time when relations between the US and Russia are at its lowest point in years following the collapse of a ceasefire in Syria.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu accused the West of trying to portray his government's military exercises as threats - claiming they are merely normal combat training manoeuvres.
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Scheduled activities of our operational and combat training are misrepresented as 'alarming signals'.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu
He said: "Scheduled activities of our operational and combat training are misrepresented as 'alarming signals'.
"The ideas of a military threat, a new cold war or an arms race are being circulated. Of course, it is not true."
In recent months, Russia has conducted a series of drills and inspections of its armed forces - along with testing weapons off the coast.
Last week, a nuclear preparation drill involving more than 40million people was ordered, preparing Russia for a nuclear war.
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State officials and the media have warned people the US is about to launch an all-out attack.
Yesterday, Vladimir Putin himself was accused of "war crimes" in war-ravaged Syria over his continued support of controversial President Bashar al-Assad.
The Russian leader has approved the movement of air defence missile systems as it beefs up its forces in Syria following the collapse of the ceasefire.
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Putin ordered a nuclear preparation drill last week involving more than 40 million people
He also told diplomats of all ranks to “bring relatives home to the Motherland”.
Administration staff, politicians and public sector workers have been ordered to take their children out of foreign schools immediately.
Russian political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky said: “This is all part of the package of measures to prepare elites to some 'big war’
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