Topol-M © RIA Novosti Михаил ФомичеRussia To Keep Silo-Based Ballistic Missiles In Future -- RIA Novvosti
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) will keep both silo-based and mobile ballistic missile systems in service until at least 2020, the SMF commander said on Tuesday.
"To successfully accomplish the set tasks, the SMF will continue to have silo-based missile systems, which can provide an immediate response [to threats] and mobile systems featuring high survivability," Col. Gen. Andrei Shvaichenko said.
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My Comment: The key sentence in this report is the following ....
"By the end of 2016, the missile systems with extended service life will constitute no more than 20% of the total, while the share of new missile systems will be about 80%," Shvaichenko said.
What a contrast with U.S. missile nuclear systems .... where calls for modernizing our nuclear forces have fallen on deaf ears.
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