New mobile Topol-M battalion put on combat duty in Russia

RIA Novosti ^ | 10/ 03/ 2009

[pobeda1945]

MOSCOW, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - A missile battalion equipped with mobile Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) ICBMs has been put on combat duty in central Russia, a spokesman for the Russian Missile Forces (SMF) said on Tuesday.

The first two Topol-M mobile missile battalions, equipped with six road-mobile systems, had already been put on combat duty with the 54th Strategic Missile Division near the town of Teikovo, about 150 miles (240 km) northeast of Moscow.

"Another missile battalion equipped with mobile Topol-M missile systems and comprising three launchers and a command unit has been put on combat duty with the Teikovo missile division in the Ivanovo Region," Col. Alexander Vovk said.

The SMF commander, Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, earlier said that Russia's Topol-M ballistic missiles would be put on combat duty on schedule despite the current global financial crisis. He added that the division will be up to full strength by 2010.

Topol-M missiles are the mainstay of the ground-based component of Russia's nuclear triad. As of the beginning of 2009, the SMF operated 50 silo-based and six road-mobile Topol-M missile systems.

The missile, with a range of about 7,000 miles (11,000 km), is said to be immune to any current and future U.S. ABM defense. It is capable of making evasive maneuvers to avoid a kill using terminal phase interceptors, and carries targeting countermeasures and decoys.

It is also shielded against radiation, electromagnetic pulse, nuclear blasts, and is designed to survive a hit from any form of laser technology.

[Camel Joe]

“is designed to survive a hit from any form of laser technology”
Which is why missile defense uses kinetic force to knock them out.

[BOBTHENAILER]

The missile, with a range of about 7,000 miles (11,000 km), is said to be immune to any current and future U.S. ABM defense.

Upon learning of this, the obamination said "See, scrapping a useless ABM defense sysytem was necessary, cause it wouldn't work anyway. Need the money for buying votes".

[perfect_rovian_storm]

[Borges]

He’s still touring in that role!

[Young Werther]

Beet me toilet

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Has he said ...THAT...yet?

[spetznaz]

It is just another piece of Russian crap. Probably wouldn't even be able to lift off! An amateur rocket hobbist in Nevada could probably make a better version with backyard material! If I were you I wouldn't be worried about this piece of junk ....probably stole it from a 1960s hobby magazine!

(Or so I hear from certain FReepers).

/sarcasm.

[agere_contra]

and is designed to survive a hit from any form of laser technology

Easy to say.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

So much for this:

Topol-M-NATO-SS-27-Stalin-ICBM-Launch-Facility-Command-Post

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OT forum:

/bbs.stardestroyer.net

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Comment from the Forum...link at post #11

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Scottish Ninja wrote:

Is that really credible?

No it isn't.

An incoming RV has a very limited Δv (dedicated to fine adjustments to the impact zone) and no practical ability to even see any outbound interceptors. Even if it could see the interceptors, that limited Δv means that it couldn't avoid them.

I've been working on a mini-essay about Maneuvering RVs based off of Stuart's essays, and some pictures taken at the NMUSAF.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

How Big is that baby?

[pobeda1945]

The missile’s length is 22.7 m and the first stage has a body diameter of 1.9 m. The mass at launch is 47,200 kg, including the 1000 ~ 1200 kilogram payload.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Thanks a million for the updates on this.

[PhilDragoo]

Nine years of lap dances for Frank Davis made Hussein strange.

[potlatch]

Whose hand will top the bat?

[Marine_Uncle]

The bear is awakening from it’s winter rest.

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