Russia to deploy its Yars missile systems in Siberia


Tags: Military news, News, missile forces , Russia
May 21, 2012 10:50 Moscow Time

Photo: RIA Novosti

Russian advanced mobile missile systems Yars will be deployed in Siberia and the Kaluga region in the immediate future, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday.

He added that plans to deploy the Yars systems in the country’s other regions are also in the pipeline.

The Yars system has an intercontinental range of up to 11,000 kilometers. Its RS-24 missile is fitted with a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle warhead.

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Russia to deploy its Yars missile systems in Siberia: Voice of Russia