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The intercontinental missile, launched from an underwater position in the White Sea off Russia's northern coast, hit a target thousands of kilometres away on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East, it said.

For some, it’s a final destination to breed, but for many others it’s a stopover on their way north to breeding grounds in Iceland or the White Sea in Russia.

A fishing village on the frigid shores of the White Sea is slowly vanishing under sand.

The missile was fired from the Barents Sea and hit a target in the White Sea, it said.

And in July, Russia made a similar announcement and said its missile had been launched from a frigate in the White Sea.