Russia's fifth Topol-M regiment put on combat duty - commander

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Russia's fifth Topol-M regiment put on combat duty - commander

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11436657

VLASIKHA (Moscow region). Dec 16 (Interfax) - The fifth regiment of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces armed with silo-based Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles has been put in combat duty, force commander Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov has announced.

"I am glad to report that the fifth regiment of silo-based Topol-M missile systems came into combat duty in December," he told reporters in Vlasikha garrison at festivities marking the 46th anniversary of the force on Friday.

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