Topol (Russian:"Poplar"); NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle; GRAU designation: "15Zh58"; other designations: RS-12M Topol) is a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile designed in the Soviet Union and in service with Russia"s Strategic Rocket Forces.
The RS-12M Topol ballistic missile (NATO codename- SS-25 Sickle) test was part of a trial of unspecified new equipment that could pierce anti-missile shields. Russian generals have said earlier that the country is working on weapons that would pierce any missile shield the United States could make.
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