MOSCOW PLANS DEPLOYMENT OF MORE TOPOL-M MISSILES. General
Vladimir Yakovlev, the commander of Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces,
said on 17 May that Moscow plans to deploy a fourth set of Topol-M ICBMs
by the end of 2001, ITAR-TASS reported. The news service said that
Russia now has 30 Topol-M missiles in service; the fourth set would add
another 10. PG
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