The Iskander-M theater ballistic was test fired to its maximum range at the Makat range in Kazakhstan.
The Russian defense ministry said: “The increased capacity missile covered 480 kilometers and successfully hit its target at the Makat range [in Kazakhstan].”
The nuclear-capable test took place during Zapad 2017 alongside a huge number of other tests.
While the missile test took place President Putin watched the largest “war games” since the end of the Cold War take place near Russia’s border with EU member states.
Nato were assured that the joint military drill, taking place with the assistance of Belarus was “nothing out of the ordinary” despite its record breaking size.
Russian Federal Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee Vladimir Dzhabarov said: “We are working out cooperation with our Belarusian allies in the regular mode as no army can exist without training, mobilisation and battle readiness checks.”
“Americans constantly conduct exercises in the Japanese and East China Seas, but they do not attack North Korea or China.”
Insisting that the military exercise was “purely defensive” Moscow confirmed UN and Nato were invited to observe the tests.
The scenario had the nations pretend that the fictional Veishnoria region of Belarus had declared independence with the help of Nato in a attempt turn the allies against each other.
Zapad, which means “west”, is a reminder of the country’s military strength at a time when Russia has been accused of conducting “hybrid warfare” cyber-attacks.
The drills, which take place every four years, are a rebranding of a Cold War training exercises which included all the Warsaw Pact countries.
The size of this year’s drill, believed to be the biggest since the end of the Cold War, has caused concern in the West.,
But Russian officials deflected criticism claiming a Nato build up in central and eastern Europe was a bigger threat to stability.
The former Soviet power claims just 12,700 troops took part in the exercise but Nato officials have said it was many more.
Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters last week: “We reject complaints of these exercises not being transparent.”
“We believe that whipping up hysteria around these exercises is a provocation.”