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Satellite photos show failed Russian missile test

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In satellite imagery released last week, Russia appears to have experienced a setback in testing for its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at a remote launch site roughly 500 miles north of Moscow. Satellite images captured Sept. 21 by Maxar Technologies show a crater roughly 200 feet wide at the Yubileynaya silo launch site at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a sprawling and heavily forested missile test site in the country's Arkhangelsk region. The Yubileynaya silo was reportedly converted specifically to conduct Sarmat missile launches. Kremlin meddling:US intel says Russia behind fake 'hit...

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