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Russia Places First Three Topol-M Mobile Launchers in Service

November 29, 2006 :: Interfax :: News

Interfax reports that the Teykovskaya Division of the Russian Strategic Missile Troops has placed the first three mobile launchers of the Topol-M (SS-27) intercontinental ballistic missile system on “experimental combat duty.” According to an unidentified source, “Vehicles ensuring combat duty and other hardware intended to ensure the functioning of the system were also brought into service with the missile division together with the launchers of the Topol-M system.” The Topol-M incorporates modern fuel and warhead designs and is allegedly invulnerable to modern anti-ballistic missile defenses. Russia plans to make the Topol-M its primary strategic weapon after the older SS-18 Satan (RS-20), SS-19 Stiletto (RS-18), and SS-25 Sickle (RS-12M Topol) ICBMS are eventually phased out and removed from service. (Article)

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