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First test of silo-based RS-24 Yars

The Strategic Rocket Forces carried out a successful test of the RS-24 Yars ICBM. The missile was launched at 11:00 MSK (07:00 UTC) on December 24, 2013 from a silo at the Plesetsk test site. The warheads were reported to have successfully reached their targets at the Kura site in Kamchatka.

This is the first test of the silo-based version of RS-24 Yars. Its single-warhead predecessor, Topol-M, is deployed in silos in Tatishchevo. The first regiment of silo-based Yars missiles will be deployed in Kozelsk.

[Rocket Forces] [December 24, 2013] []

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