Russia Test-Launches ICBM Days After CIA Chief Visits Moscow

Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces conducted a training launch of a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, officials said. The missile reportedly traveled toward the Kamchatka Peninsula, where its warheads struck designated targets. The exercise took place days after a CIA chief’s visit to Moscow, though no direct connection between the events was indicated. The launch demonstrates Russia’s continued focus on strategic deterrence and nuclear readiness amid heightened tensions with the United States and its allies in an increasingly tense environment.