Russia Completes Tests of a New Ballistic Missile

A rocket is launched as part of the Zapad 2017 military exercises at the Asipovichy military training ground on Sept. 18, 2017, in in Asipovichy, Belarus. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

Russia has confirmed that it had finished testing a new silo-based short-range ballistic missile on Oct. 18.

The new missile, the Iskander-M, is a tactical missile carrying a conventional warhead.