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RUSSIA TO DEPLOY NEW INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE IN 2014
November 21, 2012 - 19:01 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia will deploy its newest medium-weight
solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile in 2014, a military
source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday, November 21, the news agency
reported.
Previously, Strategic Missile Forces (RSVN) commander Sergei Karakayev
said Russia would deploy such a weapon only in 2015.
"According to the latest information, it will be accepted into service
in 2014; the new weapon is part of a response program to the United
States ballistic missile defense program," the source said, without
naming the new system.
The Strategic Missile Forces test-fired a prototype of the new weapon
in October from the Kapustin Yar test range, he said. "This was a
test launch as part of combined state trials," he said, adding the
weapon will be formally accepted only after completion of those trials.
The new weapon will be primarily based on mobile launchers, he said.
"So far there has been no decision on whether to base them in silos,"
he added.
The missile will have intercontinental range, or more than 3,500 miles
(5,500 kilometers), he said.
From: A. Papazian
November 21, 2012 - 19:01 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia will deploy its newest medium-weight
solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile in 2014, a military
source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday, November 21, the news agency
reported.
Previously, Strategic Missile Forces (RSVN) commander Sergei Karakayev
said Russia would deploy such a weapon only in 2015.
"According to the latest information, it will be accepted into service
in 2014; the new weapon is part of a response program to the United
States ballistic missile defense program," the source said, without
naming the new system.
The Strategic Missile Forces test-fired a prototype of the new weapon
in October from the Kapustin Yar test range, he said. "This was a
test launch as part of combined state trials," he said, adding the
weapon will be formally accepted only after completion of those trials.
The new weapon will be primarily based on mobile launchers, he said.
"So far there has been no decision on whether to base them in silos,"
he added.
The missile will have intercontinental range, or more than 3,500 miles
(5,500 kilometers), he said.
From: A. Papazian