As it turns out, the missile division in Yurya has not been completely liquidated - the START data shows that it still has nine (non-deployed) Topol missiles there. However, starting in July 2007, START data exchange lists Yur'ya as a test range, along with Plesetsk and Kapustin Yar.
I don't think this necessarily means that Yur'ya will be used for missile launches - as I understand it was never used for missile launches (Svobodnyy, Kostroma and Kartaly were). But it is a bit unusual that the site was declared a test range. Maybe the Rocket Forces have some plans for it.
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Pavel: Sorry for the off-topic post,I'm wondering how many Topol-Ms will be deployed in 08?
Is the number still eleven?(9 mobile 2 silo).
According to several sources there's been some change.
One of the most comprehensive sources on Russian nuclear arsenals I've ever seen:
http://rapidshare.com/files/122838394/Russian_Nuclear_Sites_Q208.kmz.html
(Google Earth .kmz file)
Remi: Do you have a link? I don't remember seeing anything that would suggest a change in the plan.
You can do a data update at a test range, but you cant do a re-entry vehicle on-site inspection.
Just an observation.