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The first modernized intercontinental ballistic
missile, Yars-M, will enter service with Russias
Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) later this year,
RVSN Commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karavayev said
on Thursday. A defense industry source previously told RIA
Novosti the Armed Forces will take delivery of a
fifth-generation Yars-M missile before the end of
the current year. Karavayev declined to provide any details,
including the missiles specifications. The existing RS-24 Yars (NATO reporting name,
SS-29) is a MIRVed ICBM that is heavier than
the Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) and can carry up to 10
independently targetable warheads. The RVSN previously said that the Topol-M and
RS-24 ballistic missiles will be the mainstay of the
ground-based component of Russias nuclear
triad and would account for no less than 80
percent of the RVSNs arsenal by 2016. Karavayev also said the Tatishchevo RVSN
Division, near the city of Saratov in southwestern
Russia, at present has 60 Topol-M missile systems. The Topol-M missile, with a range of about 7,000
miles (11,000 km), is said to be immune to any
current and planned US antiballistic missile
defense. It is capable of making evasive
maneuvers, and carries targeting
countermeasures and decoys. By 2020, the RVSN are expected to be equipped
with over 170 Topol-Ms (mobile and silo-based),
as well as 30 SS-19 and 108 RS-24 missile defense
systems in nine divisions.
Russia to Get New ICBM Later this Year | idrw.org
missile, Yars-M, will enter service with Russias
Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) later this year,
RVSN Commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karavayev said
on Thursday. A defense industry source previously told RIA
Novosti the Armed Forces will take delivery of a
fifth-generation Yars-M missile before the end of
the current year. Karavayev declined to provide any details,
including the missiles specifications. The existing RS-24 Yars (NATO reporting name,
SS-29) is a MIRVed ICBM that is heavier than
the Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) and can carry up to 10
independently targetable warheads. The RVSN previously said that the Topol-M and
RS-24 ballistic missiles will be the mainstay of the
ground-based component of Russias nuclear
triad and would account for no less than 80
percent of the RVSNs arsenal by 2016. Karavayev also said the Tatishchevo RVSN
Division, near the city of Saratov in southwestern
Russia, at present has 60 Topol-M missile systems. The Topol-M missile, with a range of about 7,000
miles (11,000 km), is said to be immune to any
current and planned US antiballistic missile
defense. It is capable of making evasive
maneuvers, and carries targeting
countermeasures and decoys. By 2020, the RVSN are expected to be equipped
with over 170 Topol-Ms (mobile and silo-based),
as well as 30 SS-19 and 108 RS-24 missile defense
systems in nine divisions.
Russia to Get New ICBM Later this Year | idrw.org
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