PRESIDENT PUTIN INSPECTS RUSSIA'S TOP-OF-THE-LINE INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES

Russian Strategic Missile Forces Chief, Col.-Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, (L) presents President Vladimir Putin with a model of the Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile near Teikovo, 250 km (155 miles) northeast of Moscow on December 14, 2006. Putin hailed their ability to penetrate prospective missile defenses. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)