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Extending service life of ICBMs

According to Sergei Karakayev, the last of old Soviet ICBMs will be removed from service in 2022. He said that the currently established service lives mean that UR-100NUTTH missiles will stay in service until 2019, R-36M2 - until 2022, and Topol - until 2021.

For UR-100NUTTH (SS-19) and R-36M2 these numbers haven't changed since 2012. UR-100NUTTH is expected to stay in service for about 35 years - missiles of this type were deployed in 1979-1984. R-36M2, deployed prior to 1992, will remain in service for 30 years. Topol, on the other hand, appeared to get an extension - last year it was expected to remain active until 2019 - now it is estimated to remain in service until 2021.

Karakayev also said that initial service life of Topol-M and RS-24 Yars is set to 15 years, but these are likely to be extended. The first two Topol-Ms, deployed in 1997, have already reached that limit, by the way.

[Rocket Forces] [December 17, 2013] []

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