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Putin Orders to Fully Upgrade
Russia's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Arsenal by 2021
MOSCOW,
December 19 (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered to
fully equip the land-based component of Russia's nuclear triad with advanced
intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) by 2021.
'In
mid-term perspective – by 2021 – we need to fully equip land-based strategic
nuclear forces with modern weaponry,' Putin said at a meeting with senior
military commanders in Moscow.
Putin
added that the Russian strategic nuclear forces will receive more than 50 ICBM
in 2015.
The
president also reaffirmed plans to modernize the fleet of Russian strategic
bombers and nuclear-powered submarines.
Russia's
Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are expected to be equipped with over 170
Topol-M ICBMs (mobile and silo-based), as well as 30 SS-19 and 108 RS-24
missile defense systems in nine divisions by 2020, according to the Russian
Defense Ministry.
On
Tuesday, SMF Commander Col.Gen. Sergei Karakayev said that Russia would most
likely develop its new Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile to
replace the SS-18 Satan by 2020.
According
to Karakaev, the new Sarmat missile is expected to feature advanced
countermeasures, such as a complex command-and-control systems, and a high
degree of maneuverability, enabling it to penetrate the most sophisticated
missile defenses.
© Sputnik
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