Friday, January 6, 2023

Russia To Introduce New Multi-Warhead Nuclear Missiles

Russian servicemen equip an Iskander tactical missile system at the Army-2015 international military-technical forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia, June 17, 2015. (photo credit: REUTERS/SERGEI KARPUKHIN) 

Jerusalem Post: Russia to modernize nuclear forces in 2023, add more multi-warhead nukes 

Russia to introduce new multi-warhead nuclear missiles in invasion of Ukraine Russia is bolstering its strategic nuclear forces in 2023 with further deployment of multi-warhead nuclear missiles and further modernization of its long-range strategic bomber division, the Russian Defense Ministry announced this week. 

The Strategic Rocket Forces branch of the Russian military is set to complete the replacement of the older Topol-M missile system with the RS-24 Yars among its mobile grouping, the ministry said on Tuesday. 

The Yars mobile ground missile system is a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV), which contains several thermonuclear warheads, each of which can hit different targets.  

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WNU Editor: I smell an arms race coming.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, where's Sting?

Jacques Xech said...

"I smell an arms race coming." I do too.