Father Of Russia's Nuclear Missile Program Sends A Warning To The U.S.

The RS-24 Yars. (Photo: Votkinsk.net)

Mikhail Klikushin, Observer: Father of Soviet Nuclear Program: ‘We Won’t Forget Where the United States Is’

At Moscow's annual victory parade, Vladimir Putin reminds the world not to trust the U.S.

On May 9, 2015, a new addition to the traditional display of Russia’s military might was revealed. For the first time ever in Moscow’s Victory Day Parade, the RS-24 Yars thermonuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (or, to NATO, the SS-27 Mod 2) was flaunted to thousands of guests in the Red Square and to millions of Russian TV viewers.

The mighty mobile launcher—at 23 meters long, 3.5 meters wide, and weighing 120 tons—again glided elegantly along the walls of the old Kremlin in this year’s parade. To move it, an 800 horsepower (26-cylinder) engine, which consumes 200 liters of gas every 100 kilometers, was needed.

The nuclear beast’s message was breathtakingly clear—yet still, the Kremlin felt, it should be injected straight to the heart of those believing the parade was no more than a demonstration of Russia’s technical advancement and intellectual power.

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WNU Editor: Andrei Sakharov is the father of the Soviet nuclear program .... not Yury Solomonov. What Yury Solomonov has done is modernize Russia's nuclear missile program .... he is the Russian equivalent of John von Neumann. To those who may not know .... when alive John Von Neumann was regarded by many of his peers (especially those on the Manhattan Project)  as the most brilliant scientist of the 20th century .... so yes .... what Yury Solomonov says is a big deal. And yes .... the development and deployment of the Russian RS-24 Yars missile is a significant news story.