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MOSCOW, Dec 14 - RIA Novosti. Russia is creating a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which in the future will replace the existing fifth-generation missile systems, such as " Yars "and" Topol-M ", told reporters on Friday, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces General Colonel Sergei Karakayev.
SRF conducted in 2012, a few launches prototype of the rocket , the last of which took place on 24 October, with the central government inter-service range "Kapustin Yar" in Astrakhan. Start a new prototype ICBM was made ​​from a mobile launcher.
"This missile is created with maximum use and development of existing backlogs and solutions obtained in the development of defense systems pyatgo generation, which significantly reduces the time and cost to create it" - said Karakayev.
He considered it premature to talk about any interim results of this work, "for obvious reasons." "But the results of the start-ups indicate that the creators of rockets on the right track", - concluded the Commander.
Meanwhile, in Russia, in parallel, work is underway to create a heavy fuel oil stotonnoy missiles .
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This is a medium ICBM, so it will somewhere between RS-24 and SS-18 when it comes to throw weight.
SRF conducted in 2012, a few launches prototype of the rocket , the last of which took place on 24 October, with the central government inter-service range "Kapustin Yar" in Astrakhan. Start a new prototype ICBM was made ​​from a mobile launcher.
"This missile is created with maximum use and development of existing backlogs and solutions obtained in the development of defense systems pyatgo generation, which significantly reduces the time and cost to create it" - said Karakayev.
He considered it premature to talk about any interim results of this work, "for obvious reasons." "But the results of the start-ups indicate that the creators of rockets on the right track", - concluded the Commander.
Meanwhile, in Russia, in parallel, work is underway to create a heavy fuel oil stotonnoy missiles .
Ð*оÑÑÐ¸Ñ Ð²Ð¿ÐµÑвÑе заÑвила о ÑазÑабоÑке новой ÑвеÑдоÑопливной ÐÐÐ* | Ð*ÐÐ ÐовоÑÑи
This is a medium ICBM, so it will somewhere between RS-24 and SS-18 when it comes to throw weight.
