Russia tests new ballistic missile

Russia’s military on Friday conducted its second test of a new type of inter-continental ballistic missile which Russian officials say could reach any target in the world with a nuclear-tipped missile, according to multiple news reports.

CNBC reports that Russia’s military carried out the test of the Sarmat missile system at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a spaceport in western Russia, while Russian intelligence tweeted out a video of the successful test.