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MOSCOW-The Russian Armed Forces commissioned more than 30 new types of advanced weapon systems in the first half of 2007,the defense minister said Friday."Thirty-six types of modern weaponry were deployed with the Armed Forces in the first half of 2007,"Anatoly Serdyukov said.The minister said these weapon systems included the submarine-launched R-29RM Sineva ballistic missiles,the S-400 Triumf air defense complex, and the 120-mm Nona SM-1 towed mortar for Ground Forces.The R-29RM Sineva(NATO codename SS-N-23)was designed for use by the Russian Delta IV class submarines,each of which is capable of carrying 16 missiles.It carries four nuclear warheads and has a range of about 8,500 kilometers.Serdyukov also said Russia has successfully conducted test launches of the Yarts land-based ballistic missile,the Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile and the X-102 airborne missile."We have entered the final testing stage for the entire missile triad,"he said.In addition,Russia successfully tested a new version of the Iskander-M ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads and launched two military reconnaissance and communication satellites,the defense minister said.
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