March 6, 2016, 22:56 | nuclear weapons | Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation | Borey | rocket
Russia will bring to the Arctic submarine type “Northwind” 170 meters long, from which 16 nuclear missiles long range will be launched at the same time, according to Bild. Thus, Moscow wants the US to show its military might, according to the newspaper.
The test will be the largest in 25 years. Their official purpose – to check the combat readiness of the submarine fleet
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Recently, the US military conducted a test intercontinental ballistic missiles Minuteman, reminiscent of DW.
Earlier the newspaper “Izvestia” wrote about the readiness of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation to the next check combat readiness of nuclear deterrence forces. According to the publication, it is planned out to sea two newest strategic missile type “Northwind” – “Yuri Dolgoruky” and “Vladimir Monomakh”, one of which will produce a salvo launch intercontinental ballistic missile “Bulava»
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Add, according to the Defense Ministry press service, the five regiments of the Strategic Missile Forces in 2016 will rearm and get 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles
«yars».
Strategic Missile Forces in 2015 we have carried out the modernization of missile complex “yars” mobile ground-based stationary and have an increased capacity to overcome missile defense systems.
This year, several regiments will re-equip. Will begin re-Irkutsk and of Yoshkar-Ola divisions continue -. Novosibirsk, Kozelsk, Nizhny Tagil
The Defense Ministry clarified that the share of modern missile systems in the Strategic Missile Forces was 56%, and by 2022 will amount to 100%.
In January, the representative of the Strategic Missile Forces, Major Dmitry Andreyev said that the number of test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles will be doubled in 2016 . If last year’s Strategic Missile Forces performed eight missile launches, the planned 16 launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2016.
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