MOSCOW, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Thursday successfully test- launched a new sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile "Liner ", said a Defense Ministry spokesman.
Colonel Igor Konashenkov, the spokesman, told reporters that the missile was test-launched from the Tula nuclear-powered submarine in the Barents Sea, a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean, and hit the designed target in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East.
"The launch was effectuated in the scheduled mode and the missile's warheads reached the target area on time," Konashenkov said.
According to the spokesman, the Liner missile is an advanced version of the sea-based Sineva ballistic missile with longer flight range and more sophisticated systems which allow it to penetrate anti-missile defense.
