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Topol-M and RS-24 missiles in 2010

Speaking on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the Strategic Rocket Forces, General Sergei Karakayev announced that its service received five new missiles in December 2010.

The missile division in Teykovo received its second regiment of RS-24 multiple-warhead missiles, bringing the number of deployed RS-24 missiles to six (first three were deployed in January 2010). This is apparently the first of the two Topol-M regiments that the Rocket Forces said they will deploy in 2010 - the current plan is that all mobile Topol-Ms will be deployed in the MIRV configuration, known as RS-24.

The second Topol-M regiment that was promised in the beginning of the year was deployed in silos at the Tatishchevo base on December 14, 2010. In fact, only two missiles (and a command center) were deployed, starting the sixth regiment of silo-based missiles. According to Karakayev, four more missiles will be added in 2011, and the final four -in 2012. Unlike their mobile counterparts, silo-based Topol-M missiles carry a single warhead.

[Rocket Forces] [December 17, 2010] []

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On 17 December 2010 the Supreme Commander of the RVSN, Lieutenant General Sergei V. Karakayev confirmed the further deployment of 2 silo-based SS-27 Mod 1 / RS-12M2 "Topol-M" and 3 ground-mobile SS-27 Mod 2 / RS-24 "Yars" ICBMs. According to this explanation the Russian Strategic Missile Force Troops have 52 silo-based "Topol-Ms" in the 60th Missile Division in Tatishchevo (6 missile regiments), and 18 road-mobile "Topol-Ms" (2 missile regiments) and 6 road-mobile RS-24 "Yars" ICBMs (1 missile regiment) inside the 54th Guards Missile Division in Teykovo (see: "The Strategic Rocket Forces at 50", overview, page 7).

In the case of the RS-24, the Teykovo ICBM base has 2 missile battalions, each with 3 ground-mobile missile complexes (PGRKs) in one missile operating base. Such a base or missile regiment consists of 3 missile battalions (see: "Second Topol-M regiment in Teykovo").

Furthermore the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces said the Tatishchevo Missile Division would receive 8 additional silo-based "Topol-M" systems in 2011 - 2012 (4 in 2011). The 6th missile regiment in Tatishchevo with 10 ICBMs will reach its full combat strength in December 2012.

According to the START I Treaty Memorandum of Understanding data in 2006 until 2009 Russia produced 8 SS-27 ICBMs including test missiles ("Topol-M" & "Yars") annually, and in the first half year of 2009 4 missiles. In relation with the new press reports and announcements it is likely that the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant will hold this yearly production rate of 8 ICBMs for the next time. If this assumption is correct Russia in December 2010 has 70 deployed single-warhead "Topol-M", 6 deployed multiple-warhead "Yars" and 3 non-deployed ICBMs (RS-12M2 or RS-24). Including all test missiles Russia produced 97 "Topol-M" and "Yars" ICBMs until the end of 2010.

It is likely that the RVSN in December 2011 will have 56 silo-based and 18 road-mobile "Topol-M", and 12 road-mobile RS-24 launchers (and 1 non-deployed ICBM), and in December 2012 60 silo-based and 18 road-mobile "Topol-M", and 15 road-mobile RS-24 launchers (and 2 non-deployed ICBMs or 2 silo-based RS-24 ICBMs / including possible test missiles).

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