The chief designer of Russia’s intercontinental ballistic missiles said his plant would fail to meet production goals this year because of the Defense Ministry’s failure to sign weapons contracts on time, drawing a quick and angry response from the president. The public spat reflected simmering tensions caused by the nation’s military reform. Yury Solomonov, who designed the Topol-M and Bulava missiles, said in an interview with Kommersant published […]