RS-24 Yars

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RS-24 Yars is a Russian road- and silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads, designed to modernize and enhance Russia’s strategic nuclear deterrent.

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RS-18 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intercontinental ballistic missile
road-mobile missile system
silo-based missile system
belongsTo Russian strategic nuclear forces NERFINISHED
category ballistic missile
nuclear weapon delivery system
classification strategic missile
countryOfOrigin Russia
deploymentCountry Russia NERFINISHED
deploymentMode road-mobile
silo-based
designer Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology NERFINISHED
deterrenceRole second-strike capability
developmentPeriod early 2000s
enteredService 2010
era post-Cold War
fuelType solid propellant
guidanceSystem GLONASS-assisted guidance
inertial guidance
launchPlatform missile silo
transporter erector launcher
launchType ground-launched
manufacturer Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology NERFINISHED
MIRVCapability yes
mobility road-mobile on heavy TEL vehicle
NATOCodename SS-27 Mod 2 NERFINISHED
nuclearCapability yes
numberOfStages 3
operator Russian Federation NERFINISHED
payloadType MIRV bus
predecessor RT-2PM2 Topol-M NERFINISHED
propellant solid fuel
purpose modernization of Russian ICBM force
range over 10000 km
role strategic nuclear deterrent
serviceBranch Russian Strategic Rocket Forces NERFINISHED
serviceStatus in service
targetTestRange Kura Test Range NERFINISHED
testLaunchSite Plesetsk Cosmodrome NERFINISHED
testLaunchYear 2007
treatyContext post-START era
usedBy Russian Strategic Rocket Forces NERFINISHED
usedIn Russian nuclear triad land component
warheadDelivery reentry vehicle
warheadType multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle
thermonuclear warhead

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SS-19 Stiletto ICBM militaryDesignation RS-24 Yars
subject surface form: SS-19 Stiletto
this entity surface form: RS-18
RT-2PM Topol ICBM successor RS-24 Yars
subject surface form: RT-2PM Topol