Russian Ministry of Defense has reported another successful test launch of a new solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 “yars” mobile ground-based, equipped with multiple reentry warhead and designed as part of the strategic nuclear forces of the Russian Federation “reliably guarantee the security of the country and its allies until the middle of the twenty-first century “, as stated earlier in the military.
The launch was made on December 26 at 11:02 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. “The training missile warheads with a given accuracy hit the target on the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula” – told Tass the official representative of the press service and information to the Ministry of Defense Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), Igor Egorov.
According to him, the main objectives were starting acknowledgment of technical reliability ICBM RS-24, manufactured in 2013-2014, as well as confirmation of combat and operational characteristics of the complex “yars”.
“The adoption of the RS-24 ICBM with multiple reentry warhead increased the combat capabilities of the Strategic Missile Forces assault group to overcome missile defense systems, thus strengthening the nuclear deterrent of Russian strategic nuclear forces (SNF)” – quoted by “Interfax” representative of the Ministry of Defense.
Currently, the Strategic Missile Forces are actively rearming for complexes “yars” with RS-24 ICBM, which will form the basis of ground grouping SNF solid-fuel missiles, said Yegorov.
“This is the ninth strategic missile launch, carried out by Russia in 2014. He completed the annual plan starts”, – said the source of “Interfax” in the Russian space industry. He said that earlier this year was carried out eight combat training, testing and conversion of space launches with ICBMs.
The first launch of the RS-24 from a mobile launcher on April 14th with the same cosmodrome. Then in the Defense Ministry also reported that the missile hit all learning objectives in Kamchatka. The missile was equipped with multiple reentry warhead that unlike monoblock structure allows warheads to hit multiple targets.
Prior to that, the Russian military carried model launches “Yarsov” silo-based. The first test launch of this type of rockets from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on 24th of December of 2013. Then the rocket launch was also found to be successful.
Specifications SR-24 for obvious reasons, are classified. Meanwhile, in the press there is information according to which “yars” can carry up to four individual nuclear warheads up to 300 kilotons each at a distance of 11,000 kilometers. For comparison, the length of the equator of the Earth is approximately 40 thousands of kilometers.
President Vladimir Putin, speech on the expanded board meeting of the Ministry of Defense on December 19 noted that in the current year on combat duty have taken up three strategic missile complex “yars” and named among the priorities of the Russian Armed Forces in the near future ” development of all components of the strategic nuclear forces. ”
In the Strategic Missile Forces units “Yarsy” started to supply under the previous leadership in the face of the Ministry of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov. In the current year “Yarsami” equipped with missile compound, based near the town of Kozelsk, Kaluga region. Prior to that, “Yarsami” were armed with two rocket missile regiment Teykovsky formations deployed in the Ivanovo region.
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