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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.