The first mobile missile complex, RS-12M2 Topol-M has been on combat duty since 2006, and the plans are to equip the second regiment of Strategic Rocket Forces with these missiles this year.
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Nine IBMs to Be Launched over Half-Year
Nine test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles will be made in time of summer training that begins June 1 and ends November 30, Strategic Rocket Forces Commander Colonel-General Nikolay Solovtsov told Interfax.
In 2008, they will proceed with rearming Strategic Rocket Forces with Topol-M missile complex, Solovtsov said. The first mobile missile complex, RS-12M2 Topol-M has been on combat duty since 2006, and the plans are to equip the second regiment of Strategic Rocket Forces with these missiles this year.
The tests of intercontinental RS-24 began past year. This missile will be the foundation of Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces. It has six multiple warheads and was created by using technology developed in time of Topol-M and Bulava design.
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