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RS-24 Yars

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TheRS-24 Yars(РС-24 Ярс – ракета стратегическая (strategic missile)-modification 24) also known asTopol-MR,NATO reporting nameSS-29[7][dubious–discuss]orSS-27 Mod 2[8][6][1][9]), is a RussianMIRV-equipped,thermonucleararmedintercontinental ballistic missilefirst tested on May 29, 2007, after a secret militaryR&Dproject.[10]

RS-24 Yars
TypeIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
Place of originRussia
Service history
In service2010–present[1]
Used byRussianStrategic Missile Troops
Production history
DesignerMoscow Institute of Thermal Technology
ManufacturerVotkinsk Machine Building Plant
Produced2009
Specifications
Mass49,600 kg[2]
Length22,500 mm
Diameter2,000 mm
Warhead3 x 200 kiloton MIRV warheads[3]
Enginesolid(third or fourth stage can be liquid)
Operational
range
11,000 km (6,800 mi) - 12,000 km (7,500 mi)[4][5]
Maximum speedMach 25 (30,600 km/h; 19,000 mph; 8,510 m/s)
Guidance
system
InertialwithGlonass[6]
Accuracy100 m
Launch
platform
Silo,road-mobileTELMZKT-79221[6]
Combat support vehicle BMS used for driving school and rescue towing of the TEL

It is essentially the same missile as theTopol-Mexcept the payload “bus” has been modified to carry multiple independently targetable warheads (MIRV). Each missile is thought to be able to carry up to 4 warheads, although there is uncertainty about what is the maximum capacity.[9]

RS-24 is a missile that is heavier than the currentRT-2PM2 Topol-M,and which some reports say can carry up to 10 independently targetable warheads.[11]The 2007 tests were publicized as a response to themissile shieldthat the United States were planning to deploy in Europe.[12][13]The RS-24 has been deployed operationally since 2010, with more than 50 launchers operational as of June 2017.[1]

Yarsdoes not appear to be a Russian word but the Slavic root яр (yar) is present, being abankorsteep ravine,consistent with the nomenclature of another newly fielded Russian missile, theRS-26 Rubezh(РС-26 Рубеж) meaning aboundaryorouter limit.According to Sergey Karakaev, commander of theStrategic Missile Forces,Yarsis an acronym for "YadernayaRaketaSderzhivaniya "(Russian:Ядерная ракета сдерживания), meaning "Nuclear Deterrence Rocket".[14]

Testing

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Asserted by theRussian governmentas being designed to defeat present and potentialanti-missile systems,[15]the ICBM was first tested by a launch from a mobile launcher at thePlesetsk Cosmodromein northwestern Russia at 11:20 GMT, May 29, 2007, and its test warheads landed on target about 5,750 km (3,573 mi) away at theKura Test Rangein Far EasternKamchatka Peninsula.[16][17]

The second launch from Plesetsk to the Kura Test Range was conducted on December 25, 2007, at 13:10 GMT. It successfully reached its destination. The third successful launch from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia was conducted on November 26, 2008, at 13:20 GMT. The missile's multiple re-entry vehicles successfully landed on targets on the Kura testing range.[18]

It was again tested on December 24, 2013, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia.[19]On December 26, 2014, the Strategic Forces conducted a successful launch of an RS-24 Yars missile. The missile was launched from a mobile launcher deployed at the Plesetsk test site. Missile warheads were reported to have successfully reached their targets at the Kura test site in Kamchatka. The launch, which was performed with support of the Air and Space Defense Forces, took place at 11:02 MSK (08:02 UTC).[20]More than 10 successful launches took place between 2012 and 2022.[21][22]One more launch was conducted on October 25, 2023.[23]

On March 1 and October 29, 2024, the Russian Defense Ministry said it conducted successful combat training launches of RS-24 Yars ICBMs from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk.[24][25]

Deployment

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In June 2008, the chief designer of theMoscow Institute of Thermal Technology,Yuri Solomonov, announced that the RS-24 is an enhanced,MIRVeddevelopment of theTopol-Mmissile that would finish all testing in 2008 and most likely be deployed in 2009.[26]

According to the Russian rocket forces the first six RS-24 missiles will be mobile.[27]

Further on October 10, 2009, onITAR-TASS,General Andrei Shvaichenko, the new SRF commander, confirmed the December 2009 deployment of the RS-24 which will support the existingRT-2PM2 Topol-M(RS-12М2) missile complex.[28]

Testing for the new-generation ICBM was completed in mid-July 2010, and the first missiles were deployed shortly after on July 19.[29]

In December 2010 the54th Guards Rocket DivisioninTeykovoreceived its second delivery of RS-24 missile systems. In total 6 missiles were deployed by the end of 2010.[30]3 more mobile missile systems were deployed in July 2011 and then the first regiment was operational.[31] In December 2011 first division of second regiment with 3 missiles was put on combat duty and second division will be deployed by 2011 year-end.[32]On August 16, 2012, Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) spokesman Col. Vadim Koval reported that a second regiment of the 54th Guards Rocket Division in Teikovo, central Russia will be fully equipped with Yars mobile ballistic missile systems in 2012.

Russia fully deployed the first Yars regiment consisting of three battalions in August 2011, and put two battalions of the second regiment on combat duty on December 27, 2011. The deployment of the third battalion of the second regiment completed the rearming of the Teikovo division with Yars systems. The two regiments consist of a total of 18 missile systems and several mobile command posts. Two more missile divisions will start receiving the Yars systems in 2013.[33]

The 39th Guards Rocket Division, at Paskino,Novosibirsk Oblast,in Siberia, will receive mobile Yars systems, while the28th Guards Rocket Divisionat Kozelsk (in central Russia) will be armed with the silo-based version of the system.[citation needed]

Three missile regiments of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces have been rearmed with the Yars systems in 2014.[34]

On 18 October 2019,Col.Alexander Prokopenkov, commander of the35th Rocket Division,stated that the new "Yars-S"missile systems will enter combat duty in the city ofBarnaulin November. Technical characteristics of the new missile system have not been disclosed. Previously, "Yars-S"have entered combat duty inYoshkar-Ola.[35][36]Until 2021, three more regiments of the Strategic Missile Forces will be rearmed with the modernized complex.[37]

According to Sergey Karakaev, commander of theStrategic Missile Forces,as of November 2019, there were "more than 150" launchers of the "Yars"complex (silo and mobile-based) in operation. Regiments inYoshkar-Ola,Teykovo,Nizhny TagilandNovosibirskhave been fully rearmed with theTELversion of "Yars"and rearmament of theIrkutskmissile regiments is to be complete until the end of 2019. According to Karakaev, RVSN receives "around 20" "Yars"complexes per year.[38]3 missile regiments in Barnaul begun combat duty in 2019-2020 and one more in Tver region in 2022.[39][40][41]

On 29 March 2023, the Yars missile was exercised simultaneously in three regions.[42]

Controversies

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The USNational Air and Space Intelligence CenterNASIC always believed that Yars was just a Topol M in violation of the START Treaty, something that is reflected in both the Mod 2 designation and the illustrations showing the SS-27 Mod 1 and Mod 2 to be identical.[1]

Variants

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Road-mobile version

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  • Yars-S: The modernized and scaled-down version of the road-mobile "Yars".[40]

Rail version

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  • Barguzin: A railcar launched version is being developed, calledBZhRK Barguzin.

Operators

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Russia

TheStrategic Missile Troopsare the only operator of the RS-24Yars.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcd"Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat".Defense Intelligence Ballistic Missile Analysis Committee. 2017.
  2. ^CSIS Missile Threat - SS-29 (RS-24 "Yars" )
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  6. ^abc"SS-27 Mod 2 / RS-24 Yars – Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance".
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  28. ^"нПСФХЕ: аНЕБНИ ЯНЯРЮБ пЮЙЕРМШУ БНИЯЙ НАМНБЪР МЮ 80 ОПНЖЕМРНБ".Lenta.ru.Retrieved2011-10-04.
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  30. ^Ракеты лучше, полков меньше[Better missiles, fewer regiments]. Vz.ru. 2010-12-17.Retrieved2011-10-04.
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  33. ^В РВСН завершилось перевооружение Тейковского соединения на ракетные комплексы 5-го поколения "Тополь-М" и "Ярс"[The Strategic Missile Forces completed the re-equipment of the Teikovsky formation with the 5th generation Topol-M and Yars missile systems].Retrieved10 May2015.
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  37. ^В РВСН заявили, что ракеты РФ "Ярс" невозможно перехватить существующими средствами ПРО[The Strategic Missile Forces stated that "Yars" missiles of the Russian Federation cannot be intercepted by existing missile defense systems] (in Russian).TASS.29 November 2019.Retrieved30 November2019.
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  42. ^"Russia starts Yars intercontinental ballistic missile drills".Al Jazeera Media Network. 29 March 2023.
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