A missile SS-18 ("Satan") with a British satellite [Getty Images]

BAIKONOUR, KAZAKHSTAN: A missile SS-18 ("Satan") with a British satellite instead of a nuclear bomb in its head takes off from the Baikonour cosmodrom in western Kazakhstan, 21 April 1999. It was a test launch, starting a new joint Russo-Ukrainian project called "Dnepr" for the conversion use of strategic nuclear missiles for peaceful commercial launches. (Photo credit should read AFP via Getty Images)

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