Russia Tests New Space Missile That Country Says Can Fly Four Times Faster Than a Bullet On 4/28/21 at 2:39 PM EDT The launch happened at the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan Monday. "After a series of tests, the new ABM system has proved its characteristics and successfully completed the task, engaging the target with a given accuracy," said Colonel Sergei Grabchuk, the commander of the Russia anti-missile defense system formation. Russia's Ministry of Defense said the missile is in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces and was designed to protect Moscow from air and space attacks. According to American Military News, Grabchuk told the Russian state-run Ruptly that the new missile can travel at speeds in excess of three kilometers per second (about 1.9 miles per second)—a speed more than four times faster than the 700 meters per second (0.43 miles per second) velocity of a bullet fired from an AK-47.