Russia
will deploy its newest medium-weight solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic
missile in 2014, a military source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Previously, Strategic Missile Forces (RSVN) commander Sergei
Karakayev said Russia
would deploy such a weapon only in 2015.
"According to the latest information, it will be
accepted into service in 2014; the new weapon is part of a response program to
the United States
ballistic missile defense program," the source said, without naming the
new system.
The Strategic Missile Forces test-fired a prototype of the
new weapon in October from the Kapustin Yar test range, he said. "This was
a test launch as part of combined state trials," he said, adding the
weapon will be formally accepted only after completion of those trials.
The new weapon will be primarily based on mobile launchers,
he said. "So far there has been no decision on whether to base them in
silos," he added.
The missile will have intercontinental range, or more than
3,500 miles (5,500 kilometers), he said.
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