Thread by @KomissarWhipla

RVSN day is on. As usual, main course is Krasnaya Zvezda interview with Commander Karakayev, and this time there are A LOT of details: redstar.ru/besspornyj-arg…

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Over the next several years Sarmat and Yars "with enhanced battle capabilities" (UTTKh?) will enter service, and a development of new (!) road-mobile ICBM is in progress.

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New missile defense penetration aids are under development, including for the HGV-armed missile system (Avangard?).

Fundamentally new (HGV?) battle payloads to be mated with new missile systems, including solid-fuel ICBMs.

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21 re-armed msl rgts entered service between 2011 and 2021,

Msl rgts in Kozelsk (28th GMD, silo) and Barnaul (35th MD, mobile) re-armed in 2021. Total 36 msl rgts with modern ICBMs, 20 - mobile, 16 - silo.

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Plan for 2022 - 4 msl rgts.
Silo:
Sarmat in Uzhur (62th MD)
Avangard in Yasny (13th MD)
Mobile:
Yars in Vypolzovo (7th GMD)
Yars in "Kirov Region" - this one is tricky, likely Sirena-M for Yurya (8th MD)

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25 ICBM launches over last 5 years
10+ launches planned for 2022, majority will be test launches — obviously, Sarmat, but maybe also Osina, Anchar?..

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General note: lots of details on ICBM basing and battle patrol area protection with robotized systems, and big emphasis on enhanced command and control nodes.

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