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Russia to Test Upgraded Yars Ballistic Missile in Next Few Months

© Sputnik / Vadim Savitskii / Go to the mediabankSergei Shoigu inspects Teykovo Guards Missile Division and Yars land-based mobile missile system
Sergei Shoigu inspects Teykovo Guards Missile Division and Yars land-based mobile missile system - Sputnik International
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The chief designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technologies said that Russia will carry out in the next few months a test launch of a modernized Yars intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mobile launcher 'Yars' missile system on the territory of Teykovo air defence missile formation in Ivanovo region. - Sputnik International
Russia to Rearm Two More Missile Divisions With Yars ICBMs
MOSCOW (Sputnik) Russia will carry out in the next few months a test launch of a modernized Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the chief designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technologies said Monday.

"In the next few months, we will carry out a test launch of a modernized version of the Yars missile, which is expected to increase the effectiveness of the existing system," Yuri Solomonov said.

The current version of the RS-24 Yars (NATO designation SS-27 Mod 2) can reportedly carry up to 10 MIRV warheads and has a range of 11,000 kilometers (some 6,800 miles).

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