The RS-24 Yars, also known as RT-24 Yars or Topol'-MR
is a Russian MIRV-equipped, three-stage solid fuel missile
thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile first tested on May 29, 2007
after a secret military R&D project
The RS-24 Yars is believed to have entered into service in February 2010
The Yars is an improved version of the previous Topol-M
and which some reports say can carry up to 10 independently targetable warheads
It uses the same chassis as the Topol-M
Externally it looks similar
However it carries improved missile, that is heavier
The Yars was developed both as a road-mobile and silo-based system
that would use the same missile
The missile is estimated to be 73.8 feet in length, and 78.7 inches in diameter
The missile is also believed to be fitted with a newer RV design
that will allow the RV’s to maneuver in space and during re-entry
The total launch weight of the Yars is assessed to be 49 tons
and is expected to have a minimum range of 1,243 miles and a maximum of 6,524 miles
The Yars was designed to evade missile defense systems
This missile maneuvers during the flight and carries both active and passive decoys
It is estimated that it has at least 60-65% chance to penetrate defenses
The Yars is slightly more accurate than the Topol-M
It has a CEP of 150-200 m
It takes 7 minutes to prepare the missile for launch
The Yars can launch its missile from prepared site
special garage with a sliding roof
or from unprepared position during field deployment
The TEL vehicle can leave its position once the missile is launched
The Avangard is a nuclear-capable, hypersonic boost-glide vehicle (HGV)
developed by the Russian Federation
It’s designed to be carried as a MIRV payload by the UR-100N
RS-26 Rubezh, and RS-28 Sarmat super-heavy ICBM
It was one of six “next generation” weapons
described by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a speech in March 2018
Russia has successfully tested the missile at least twice
and it is expected to enter service in late 2018 or early 2019
Avangard is designed to sit atop an ICBM
and once launched it uses aerodynamic forces to sail on top of the atmosphere
Avangard is a pure glide vehicle without an independent propulsion system
When approaching a target
the glider supposedly is capable of sharp high-speed horizontal
and vertical evasive maneuvers in flight
which Russian officials claim makes it "invulnerable to any missile defence system"
The Avangard has a range of over 3,728 miles
weighs approximately 2 tons, and travels at Mach 20 - 27
It can carry a nuclear or conventional payload
One TASS report said that the HGV’s nuclear warhead is
“more than 2 megatons in TNT equivalent
The Avangard was reportedly flight tested between February 2015 and June 2016
launched from Dombarovsky Air Base, Orenburg Oblast
when it reached a speed of 7,000 mph
and successfully hit targets at the Kura Missile Test Range, Kamchatka Krai
The latest flight test occurred on 26 December 2018
Avangard carried by a UR-100N ICBM launched from Dombarovsky Air Base
successfully hit a target at the Kura Missile Test Range
The Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Borisov stated a day later
that the glider flew at 27 times the speed of sound, "invulnerable to interception"
The RS-28 Sarmat, named after the Sarmatians
sometimes colloquially known in the West as the "Satan II"
is a Russian liquid-fueled
MIRV-equipped super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
under development by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau since 2009
It is intended to replace the R-36M ICBM (SS-18 'Satan') in Russia's arsenal
According to Russian missile experts, the Sarmat could reach the UK in 20 minutes
The Sarmat is a three-stage
liquid-fueled missile with a range of 11,185 miles
and a launch weight of 208.1 metric tons
The missile is 115.8 feet long and 118.1 inches in diameter
and its maximum speed at 15,880 mph
Designated a “heavy” ICBM
the Sarmat can carry a 10 ton payload and can load a wide variety of warhead options
According to Russian media
Sarmat can reportedly load up to 10 large warheads
16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures
or hypersonic boost-glide vehicles
The Sarmat is one of the six new Russian strategic weapons
unveiled by Russian president Vladimir Putin on 1 March 2018
Sarmat has a short boost phase
which shortens the interval when it can be tracked by satellites with infrared sensors
such as the U.S. Space-Based Infrared System
making it more difficult to intercept
It is speculated that the Sarmat could fly a trajectory over the South Pole
completely immune to any current missile defense system
and that it has the Fractional Orbital Bombardment (FOBS) capability
The Russian Defense Ministry said
Russia had test-fired the Sarmat from a silo launcher on April 20, 2022
at the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region of northern Russia
toward the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far east
The Russian President Vladimir Putin said the successful launch of the "Sarmat"
would "give thought to those who are trying to threaten Russia
The launch was the most extensive yet for a missile
that was first tested in December 2017
and was promptly lauded by Putin in a statement
published by the state-run TASS news agency