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Say Hi To Topol-M RS-24 From Mosow to Washington with Nuke! multi-war-heads

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<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-10.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Today we are going introduce the ground mobile missile complex (PGRK) ‘Yars’ to you. You’ll see it in operation, so it’s going to be interesting. Check out!</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-8.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>PGRK ‘Yars’ technical charasteristics remain classified information and the only thing which we know about it is the fact that it is comparable with the ‘Topol-M’ but more up-to-date. The RS-24 ‘Yars’ is a missile that is heavier than the current Topol-M (which can carry up to 10 independently targetable warheads). PGRK ‘Yars’ has better performance characteristics and improved safety system.</p>

<p>In the picture: Our ‘Yars’ is coming out.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-9.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-10.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Photographers are allowed to take pictures of the missile complex from certain angles only.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-11.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-12.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Its driver.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-13.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-14.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-15.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-16.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>A crew member.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-17.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>They’ve begun an exercise</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-18.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The enemy is encircled.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-19.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>And destroyed.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-20.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-21.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Lunch after the exercise.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-22.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>The dining hall.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-23.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-24.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-25.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Training simulators for soldiers to practice missile launch and control exercises.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-26.jpg" alt="" />c</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-27.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-28.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Repelling a subversion attack exercise.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-29.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-30.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-31.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-32.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>In one of the military barracks.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-33.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>A gym.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-34.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Wooden models of tommy guns and knives.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-35.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-36.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-37.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Shoes and clothes dryers.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-38.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Showers.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-39.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-40.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>In this room they iron their uniform.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-41.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>A classroom.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-42.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>3D training simulators for driver-mechanics. They simulate those situations which are difficult or impossible to train in real exercise, such as coming under fire, poor visibility or the vehicle breakdown.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-43.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-44.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The driver-mechanic’s cabin of the escorting vehicle.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-45.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Those who wished could try to be a driver-mechanic for awhile.</p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-46.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/guardsrocketdivision/guardsrocketdivisionphotos-60.png" alt="" /></p>
 
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<p><img src="http://englishrussia.com/images/112011/yars/yarsphotos-7.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>This ground-mobile missile complex Yars has an explosive power of 150 kilotons to 300 kilotons and is equipped with newest devices which make it indestructible for any potential enemy.</p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-8.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>It has an improved safety system and shows better performance.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-9.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The RS-24 Yars was designed in the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology under the direction of Yuri Solomonov.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-10.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-11.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The RS-24 is an enhanced, MIRVed development of the Topol-M missile which allowed to shorten its production time.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-12.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-13.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-14.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-15.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-16.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-17.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-18.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-19.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-20.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The missile-complexes are kept in facilities with sliding roofs to be able to launch a rocket at any moment.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-21.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>In July, 2011, the personnel had retraining courses in Plesetsk.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-22.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-23.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-24.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Both the division commander…</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-25.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>And the personnel like the new equipment.</p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-26.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-27.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The Yars, Topol-M and Bulava missile complexes present the military might of Strategic Nuclear Sorces of Russia.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-28.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Initially, there were more photos of the Yars but after the Federal Security Service officers checkup, many of them became lost for ever.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-29.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-30.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-31.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong>via <a href="http://2leep.com/bar.php?url=http://voutsen-cv.livejournal.com/233938.html">voutsen-cv</a></strong></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/yars/yarsphotos-115.png" alt="" /></p>
 

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<p>The Strategic Missile Troops or Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or RVSN RF are a military branch of the Russian Military that controls Russia’s land-based ICBMs. The Strategic Rocket Forces were created on December 17, 1959 as the main Soviet force used for attacking an enemy’s offensive nuclear weapons, military facilities, and industrial infrastructure, so today they celebtate their 52nd anniversary. Congratulations! Now we want to take you to the RVSN training center in Mirny and watch intercontinental ballistic missile launching in Plesetsk. <br />
<img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-8.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>We are at Plesetsk Cosmodrome.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-9.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>This is a mobile cafeteria.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-10.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The RT-2UTTKh ‘Topol-M’ is one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missiles of Russia. Specifications: Weight: 47200 kg (104,000 lb); Length: 22.7 m (74.47 ft); Diameter: 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in); Warhead: Single 800 kt warhead; Engine: Three-stage solid propellant; Range: 11,000 km (6,800 mi); Speed: 10,800 mph (17,400 km/h); System: Inertial with GLONASS; Accuracy: 200 m CEP.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-11.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>The ‘Topol’ damage-producing capability is comparable with 40 to 50 American bombs thrown on Japanese cities in 1945.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-12.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-13.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-14.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-15.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The personnel who successfiully fulfilled the task lined up at the launching site.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-16.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>There are about 130 servicemen here.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-17.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-18.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-19.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-20.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-21.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-22.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>These stars mean the number of launches made (hollow stars for each 10 launches and full starts for one lauch). <img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-23.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Special safety equipment protects the ‘Topol’, ‘Topol-M’ and ‘Yars’ from lightning strokes and short circuits.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-24.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-25.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-26.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-27.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-28.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>‘Souvenirs’ left after launching are the size of a children’s swing!</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-29.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-30.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-31.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-33.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>We are in Mirny and this is the RVSN training center.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-34.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>One of its combat duty support vehicle on MAZ-543 chassis.</p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-35.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Rocketeer cadets are being instructed.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-36.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>One of the hangars where they store training and military equipment.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-37.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-39.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-40.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-41.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-42.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-43.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-44.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-45.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-46.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-47.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The combat duty support vehicle electric power station. </p>
 

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<p> <img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-48.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The combat duty support vehicle is armed with a machine gun equipped with an infrared projector and active night-vision system.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-49.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>On the inside, it looks like a train compartment. It has a wash basin, clothes and shoes dryer, fridge, stove and a dining room for 4 persons! There are for beds for the personnel and a two-bed compartment for the commanders. Naturally, it has a safe and a weapons room.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-50.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-51.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>A training simulator for cadets to master their driving skills.</p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-52.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>It looks like a good computer game.</p>

<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-53.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-54.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-55.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-56.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-57.jpg" alt="" /> <img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-68.png" alt="" /> <img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/112011/rvnsday/rvnsday-76.png" alt="" /> <strong></strong></p>
 

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The RT-2UTTKh ‘Topol-M’ is one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missiles of Russia. Specifications: Weight: 47200 kg (104,000 lb); Length: 22.7 m (74.47 ft); Diameter: 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in); Warhead: Single 800 kt warhead; Engine: Three-stage solid propellant; Range: 11,000 km (6,800 mi); Speed: 10,800 mph (17,400 km/h); System: Inertial with GLONASS; Accuracy: 200 m CEP.

The air distance between Moscow / Washington DC is 7,843 km which is 71% of the max range of Topol-M missile. And the time of impact is about only approx 30 mins after launching.


The ‘Topol’ damage-producing capability is comparable with 40 to 50 American bombs thrown on Japanese cities in 1945.

That would be 1 million times more spectacular than 911.:wink: 50 million time more lethal than Fukujima radiation.:rolleyes::p
 

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Russia plans ICBM to counter US shield
Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:26AM
Chief of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces, Lieutenant General Sergei KaraKayev (file photo)
A top Russian military official says Russia will generate a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to surmount a potential US missile system in Europe.


Moscow has decided to develop a new silo-based liquid-fuel-propelled strategic missile that will have “enhanced capability to breach a hypothetical US missile defense system” in Eastern Europe, chief of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces, Lieutenant General Sergei KaraKayev, was quoted by state-owned Russian news agency RIA Novosti as saying on Friday.

He added that Russia's solid-fuel-propelled ICBMs might lack the capability to penetrate American missile apparatuses.

KaraKayev noted that the Russian military would test-launch 11 ICBMs in 2012.

The United States has signed agreements with Romania and Poland to install missile facilities in Eastern Europe. Moscow perceives the potential move as a hostile action undermining its national security.

In late November, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would target US missile sites in Europe if Washington went ahead with setting up the planned shield, despite Moscow's concerns.

“By my order the Defense Ministry will run in a warning system radar station in Kaliningrad [region in western Russia] without delay,” he said.

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Russia considers new ICBM to counter U.S. missile defense
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MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russia might build a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of breaking through the U.S.' space-based missile defense system, Commander of Russian Strategic Missile Forces said Friday.

Lieutenant General Sergei Karakayev told reporters thaT Russia needs the ICBM to contain possible threats of nuclear attack in the future.

"In case (the U.S.) deploy space-based anti-missile systems, the potential of the existing ICBMs could be insufficient to overpass that defense shield. So we need to deploy a new 100-ton ICBM," he was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.

The general noted that missiles of such weight could be only ground-based, and also be equipped with conventional warheads with unlimited striking range.

Russia currently deploys the ground-based Topol-M and Yars strategic multi-warhead guided missiles and submarine-based Bulava ICBM.

Moscow has long opposed the deployment of U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities near its borders and intends to seek legally binding guarantees from the U.S. and NATO that the missile defense shield is not targeting Russia.

President Dmitry Medvedev warned in November that Russia might station missile defense systems, including the Iskander, in western and southern sections of the country if there were any additional U.S. missile deployments in Europe.


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Russian missile chief: ‘We can nuke your AMD’
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Published: 16 December, 2011, 15:00
Topol missile system at a testing range in Russia’s Novosibirsk Region (RIA Novosti / Aleksandr Kryazhev)

Topol missile system at a testing range in Russia’s Novosibirsk Region (RIA Novosti / Aleksandr Kryazhev)

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Russian strategic missiles may target American anti-ballistic missile shield facilities in Europe, the commander of the Russian missile troops has warned.

*The missiles on duty have blank flight programs, but they can be promptly targeted at any destination, including the controversial European AMD sites, Lieutenant General Sergey Karakaev told journalists on Friday.

“There are no technical limitations on the use of strategic missiles. It would take very little time to select a new target and upload a new missile flight program,” he assured.

He added that “the combat use of missile troop forces is done on command of the Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces, while planning objectives for possible strikes is the job of the General Staff.”

The general also announced the military’s plans to create a new heavy silo-based liquid propellant strategic missile. It will “have improved capabilities to overcome multiple echelons of an anti-missile system” through the use of advanced design of the vehicle and its warhead as well as better fuel.

Karakaev stressed that the need for the new missile comes due to development of ABM technology by the United States.

“If the USA deploys space-based strike anti-ballistic missile forces, which is not excluded due to intensive research in that area it carries out, the potential of small solid propellant missiles would not be enough to overcome such a system,” he said. “In this situation deployment of a liquid propellant ICBM with a launch weigh about 100 tonnes is preferable, since it would be noticeably better than a solid propellant missile of a similar size in terms of the payload-to-weight ratio.”

He added that such a missile can be used to deliver conventional precision warheads and will still have a virtually global reach, which gives more options for Russia in warfare.

In the short-term period, the existing Topol-M and Yars ICBMs are capable of overcoming any challenges the strategic missile troops may face, the commander assured. He said that by year’s end, a quarter of the missiles deployed by Russia will be of these advanced designs. The near-total rearmament of the military is currently being carried out and will be finished by 2012.

The American plans to deploy its anti-missile sites in Europe are a long-standing point of conflict between Moscow and Washington. Russia wants legal guarantees that the system will not undermine its nuclear deterrence, which the US is reluctant to provide such assurances.

Lately Moscow has taken a tougher stance on the issue, opting for a military response to the threat, which politics is failing to address. It plans to deploy Iskander tactical missiles in Kaliningrad exclave, which would allow destruction of the future ABM facilities, should this be needed. President Medvedev also ordered defense ministry to develop further measures to counter the American system.
 

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Minister: Russia to Respond to U.S Missile Defense System in Europe

Friday, 16 December 2011

Once the U.S. missile defense system hits Poland, Russia will take adequate retaliatory measures, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

"Russia will not allow violating the existing strategic balance," Serdyukov said. "The tasks set before the armed forces by the president include countering threats to our strategic nuclear forces. The radar warning system for missile attack was commissioned in Kaliningrad."

The U.S. does not intend to abandon its deployment of a missile defense system in Europe, the National Security Council said on Nov. 23.

The United States said the missile defense system is not directed against Russia.

President Medvedev announced the military actions that Russia will take in response. He decided to make the plans after talks with U.S. President Barack Obama failed at the APEC summit.

The radar station near Kaliningrad uses only 30 percent of its potential. Work on increasing its capacity is going around the clock. The full capacity will be met in 1.5 years.

It will then be able to detect all types of ballistic missiles at ranges of up to 6,000 km and simultaneously monitor up to 500 objects," he said.

Serdyukov said the Defense Ministry's plans include the deployment of anti-aircraft missile systems in Kaliningrad.


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Russia working on new long-range missile
Published: Dec. 16, 2011 at 10:21 AM


MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile capable of breaching a proposed NATO missile defense system is being developed in Russia, a general said.

Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, Russia's Strategic Missile Forces chief, said the 100 ton silo-launched heavy missile will have "enhanced capability," RIA Novosti reported Friday.

The missile would replace Russia's solid-propellant ICBMs.

Karakayev said the Strategic Missile Forces will test-launch 11 ICBMs next year.

Russia is opposed to U.S.-led NATO plans to build a missile defense system in Europe to protect against a possible attack from Iran. Karakayev said Iran has neither the technology nor the industrial potential to build ballistic missiles, RIA Novosti reported.


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Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will receive advanced automated command-and-control systems, SMF chief Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said on Friday.

New, “fourth-generation systems” will start to be deployed next year at command posts and fixed-site and road-mobile missile complexes, he said.

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