The second regiment armed with Yars mobile systems carrying RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles will be put on combat duty with the Teikovo Missile Division in central Russia by the end of 2011.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei Piatakov / Go to the mediabankThe second regiment armed with Yars mobile systems carrying RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles will be put on combat duty with the Teikovo Missile Division in central Russia by the end of 2011.
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The second regiment armed with Yars mobile systems carrying RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles will be put on combat duty with the Teikovo Missile Division in central Russia by the end of 2011.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei Piatakov / Go to the mediabankJournalists were recently invited to visit the Teikovo missile base and get acquainted with the new weaponry. Photo: Yars mobile system leaves a bunker at the Teikovo Missile Base.
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Journalists were recently invited to visit the Teikovo missile base and get acquainted with the new weaponry. Photo: Yars mobile system leaves a bunker at the Teikovo Missile Base.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei Piatakov / Go to the mediabankThe RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile has considerably better combat and operational capabilities than the Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) ICBM. Photo: Yars mobile missile system.
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The RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile has considerably better combat and operational capabilities than the Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) ICBM. Photo: Yars mobile missile system.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei Piatakov / Go to the mediabankA single RS-24 warhead has a TNT equivalent comparable to 50 atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima. Photo: Yars mobile missile system.
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A single RS-24 warhead has a TNT equivalent comparable to 50 atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima. Photo: Yars mobile missile system.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei Piatakov / Go to the mediabankThe maintenance of about 1,500 ICBMs in service with the Russian Strategic Missile Forces requires only 4 percent of the country’s defense budget. Photo: Yars mobile missile system.
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The maintenance of about 1,500 ICBMs in service with the Russian Strategic Missile Forces requires only 4 percent of the country’s defense budget. Photo: Yars mobile missile system.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei Piatakov / Go to the mediabankTeikovo Missile Division is part of the land component of the nuclear triad on permanent alert in Russia. Photo: Yars mobile missile system.
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Teikovo Missile Division is part of the land component of the nuclear triad on permanent alert in Russia. Photo: Yars mobile missile system.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei Piatakov / Go to the mediabankAbout 6,000 military and civilian personnel are on combat duty at ballistic missile bases in Russia every day. Photo: A soldier on combat duty at the Teikovo Missile Base.
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About 6,000 military and civilian personnel are on combat duty at ballistic missile bases in Russia every day. Photo: A soldier on combat duty at the Teikovo Missile Base.