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2 days ago · The RS-24 Yars -- introduced into service in July 2010 -- is an upgraded version of the Topol-M ballistic missile. The ICBM can carry three multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads (MIRVs) designed to evade missile defence systems up to a range of 10,500km.
The RS-24 Yars (РС-24 Ярс – ракета стратегическая (strategic missile)-modification 24) also known as Topol-MR, NATO reporting name SS-29 [dubious – discuss] or SS-27 Mod 2), is a Russian MIRV-equipped, thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile first tested on May 29, 2007, after a secret military R&D ...
Mar 29, 2023 · Russian President Vladimir Putin has aimed to make the Yars missile system, which replaced the Topol system, part of Russia’s “invincible weapons” and the mainstay of the ground-based...
Aug 6, 2021 · Russia is retiring its Topol intercontinental ballistic missiles by 2024 as part of a move to transition its arsenal to more lethal, high-tech Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles...
Mar 29, 2023 · March 29 (Reuters) - Russia has begun exercises with its Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system and several thousand troops, its defence ministry said on Wednesday, in what is...
Dec 17, 2023 · Russian rocket forces have loaded a new Yars intercontinental ballistic missile into a silo at the Kozelsk base in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, the defence ministry said.
Jun 11, 2024 · [1/4] A view shows an Iskander missile launching system capable of carrying a nuclear warhead during the second stage of tactical nuclear drills of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at an ...
May 16, 2018 · A Russian Yars RS-24 intercontinental-ballistic-missile system is seen in the Victory Day military parade in Moscow.
Dec 15, 2022 · In a further sign of the importance it attaches to its strategic nuclear deterrent, the Russian military has loaded a "Yars" ballistic missile into a silo launcher in the Kaluga region. The...
Oct 26, 2023 · Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being test-launched on Thursday as part of nuclear drills, a video released by the country's Defense...