According to the plans of the military department, at 2018-2019 years held only three launch intercontinental ballistic missiles RS-12M "Topol" (in previous years, the plans appeared 7 starting), break the news.
reported, In recent years, a significant number of starts was due to the creation of new software controlled units for this IDB. But in the end in a design competition won by a rival system "Vanguard" on the basis of "Sarmat" media.
As explained in the military, only single starts will be made in the coming years, task - "preparation of the Strategic Missile Forces personnel and confirmation of stability characteristics of the missile with an extended-life".
reduction of start-ups “Topolej”, apparently, It explained the decision to cease further work on creating new managed warheads. The reasons are clear. They are associated with the beginning of mass production invulnerable to missile hypersonic warheads “avant-garde”. About it 1 March, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his message to the Federal Assembly. “avant-garde” - competing system blocks, which were developed for “Topolej”, He told the newspaper editor of the online project MilitaryRussia Dmitry Kornev.
According to the newspaper, "Warhead system “avant-garde” able to fly in the dense layers of the atmosphere by more than 20 times faster than the speed of sound ". It is assumed, that the support blocks for hypersonic becomes the newest SS-28 "Sarmat".
