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"No fewer than four" warheads on RS-24

Russian press quotes Nikolai Solovtsov, the commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces, as saying that the RS-24 missile (MIRVed Topol-M) will carry "no fewer than four" warheads. This probably means exactly four - the point here is that there will be more than three warheads, as it was discussed in one of the options. But it also means that the MIRVed Topol-M is unlikely to carry seven warheads as some people suggested.

[Rocket Forces] [March 17, 2009] []

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since the official only mentioned about the RS-24 having no less than 4 warheads, dont you think assuming that the missile will have no more than 7 warheads is a bit pessimistic?

[Nakajima ] [April 1, 2009] [#]

Wonder what the production rate will be? How many RS-24s will be added to the annual inventory of the Strategic Rocket Force?

Frank Shuler
USA

[Frank Shuler ] [April 1, 2009] [#]

if the RS-24 is like what experts call it (an upgraded MIRVEd version of Topol-M) then existing facilities dedicated to the production of Topol M's may be used to produce this type of missile as well. Although diverting some portion of the assembly lines to produce two different missiles will probably result in a slower production rate.

[Nakajima ] [April 2, 2009] [#]

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