RS-24

Infobox rocket
name = RS-24
manufacturer = Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
country-origin = Russia
function = Intercontinental ballistic missile
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status = Active (Still in testing as of 2008)
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stage1fuel =The RS-24 is a Russian MIRV-equipped, thermonuclear intercontinental ballistic missile first tested on May 29, 2007 after a secret military R&D project, to replace the older SS-18 and SS-19 until 2050. [cite web|url=http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11756908|title=Russia tests new ICBM|publisher=Interfax-AVN|accessdate=2007-05-29] [cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6668328,00.html|title=Russian Official Boasts of New ICBM|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=2007-05-29] RS-24 is a missile that is heavier than SS-27 Topol M, created in response to the missile shield that the United States wants to deploy in Europe,cite news|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=152349&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21|title=Russian missile test new warning over US shield|work=Gulf Times|date=May 31st, 2007|accessdate=2007-05-31] which can carry up to 10 independently targetable warheads. Purported by the Russian government as being designed to defeat present and future anti-missile systems, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6708459.stm BBC NEWS: "Russia blames US in missile row"] ] the ICBM was fired from a mobile launcher at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia at 14:20 local time and its test warheads landed on target about convert|5500|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on|sigfig=2 away at the Kura Test Range in Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. [cite web|url= http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070529/66260249.html|title=Russia hits target in ICBM debut test|publisher=RIA Novosti|accessdate=2007-05-29] [cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.com/p-10802/r_530/test_ICBM/|title=Russia Tested Satan Successor|publisher=Kommersant|accessdate=2007-05-29] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6700585.stm BBC NEWS: "Russia tests long-range missile"] ] The second launch from Plesetsk to Kura Test Range was conducted on December 25th, 2007 at 13:10 GMT. It successfully reached its destination. [cite web|url= http://en.rian.ru/russia/20071225/94113222.html|title=Russia test launches new RS-24 ICBM|publisher=RIA Novosti|accessdate=2007-12-25] [cite web|url= http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_successfully_tests_intercontinental_missile_report_999.html|title=Russia successfully tests intercontinental missile: Space War report ]

In June 2008 the chief designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, Yuri Solomonov, announched that the RS-24 is an enhanced, MIRVed development of the Topol-M missile that would finish all testing in 2008 and most likely be deployed in 2009 [ [http://www.vpk-news.ru/article.asp?pr_sign=archive.2008.240.articles.names_01 ВПК ] ] . According to Nikolai Solovtsov, the commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces, the first RS-24 missiles will be deployed in Teykovo [ [http://russianforces.org/blog/2008/06/first_rs-24_will_be_deployed_i.shtml First RS-24 will be deployed in Teykovo - Blog - Russian strategic nuclear forces ] ] .

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