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The commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces, Lt.-General Sergei Karakayev, announced today that all new mobile Topol-M missiles will carry multiple warheads. This modification of the missile is officially known as Yars or RS-24. The first three RS-24 missiles were deployed in Teykovo earlier this year. The report does not seem to suggest that any new mobile missiles will be deployed in Teykovo this year.

The switch from single-warhead to MIRVed Topol-M was expected - it is taken into account in the force projections prepared some time ago. Also, it appears that my other assumption - that the Topol-M missiles that have been already deployed will not be MIRVed - will also hold.

Unlike its mobile counterpart, the silo version of the Topol-M will still be deployed as a single-warhead missile. The Rocket Forces plan to complete deployment of the sixth regiment in Tatishchevo, bringing the number of missiles to 60. This means that deployment in Tatishchevo goes according to the plan. Karakayev also announced that the Rocket Forces will continue deployment of silo-based Topol-Ms in 2011.

[Rocket Forces] [November 30, 2010] []

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Is the silo-based Topol-M inventory to be capped at 60 missiles with the last of the installations at Tatishchevo (the completion of the sixth regiment) or will the Topol-M continue in deployment at other bases? Slightly unclear here.

Frank Shuler
USA

[Frank Shuler ] [November 30, 2010] [#]

What difference difference between single Topol warhead (this warhead also was used on RT-2P, R-36M2) and Topol-m warheads? Data on this waread that i have -rv weight -370 kg,charge weight -200kg. (Original version used u-238,this version most likely-u-235 (so yield was doubled)).This exist data that Topol-M a newer one.

[Hulagu Khan] [November 30, 2010] [#]

I'm with Frank on this one. They way it's been said it seems like the news sources themselves don't know whether Topol-M will continue silo-based deployment, or whether Yars will replace it there as well.

[Feanor ] [November 30, 2010] [#]

The single warhead Topol-M as was recently reveled has yeald of ~ 800kT , the RS-24 carries 3 warhead with a variable yeald of ~ 150 - 300 kT.

[Austin Joseph ] [December 1, 2010] [#]

New missiles before the year end?

[Kolokol] [December 6, 2010] [#]

Pavel:
Apart from any further RS-24 deployment does that mean that the existing 18 mobile Topol-M will be gradually exchanged with RS-24 too, or will they maintained in service?
Thanks
bernd reuter

[bernd reuter] [December 25, 2010] [#]

As I understand, the Topol-Ms that are already deployed will remain single-warhead.

[Pavel Podvig ] [December 25, 2010] [#]

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