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Russian General on Topol-M Regiment Status

January 27, 2006 :: Interfax :: News

Colonel-General Aleksandr Belousov, Russia’s first deputy minister of defense, recently inspected the rearmament of the Teykovo Missile Division in the Ivanovo Region. The division is transitioning to the new Topol-M (SS-27) ground-based, solid propellant ICBM, Russia’s premiere long-range weapon. According to Interfax, Belousov stated that “the unit is combat-ready and capable of accomplishing its inherent missions.”
        In October 2005, Colonel-General Nikolay Solovtsov, commander of the Russian Strategic Missile Troops, stated that SMT units were to be armed with the new Topol-M mobile missile system beginning in 2006.  (Article)

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