Russia To Develop A New ICBM

Russia to Test 11 ICBMs in 2013. © RIA Novosti. Sergei Kazak

Russia to Develop Precision Conventional ICBM Option -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia may develop a non-nuclear precision-guided payload capability for its new hundred-ton class liquid-fueled ICBM if need be, Strategic Missile Forces (RSVN) Commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said on Friday.

"The availability of a powerful liquid-fueled ICBM allows us the capability of creating a strategic high-accuracy weapons system with a conventional payload with practically global range, if the US does not pull back from its program for creating such missile systems," he said.

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A New Arms Race With Russia?

The SS-18 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile was given the nickname 'Satan'

Russia Launches Arms Race With New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile -- The Telegraph

Russia is developing a replacement for the world's most devastating intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a move that risks reviving a global nuclear arms race.

Work on the new missile, which has yet to be given a name, started in Moscow in 2009 and could be wrapped up as early as 2017, the head of the secretive military industrial corporation helping develop it has revealed.

In comments to Russian news agency ITAR-TASS that went largely unnoticed, the head of Rosobshemash said the new missile would be capable of overcoming any nuclear missile shield that the Americans or indeed anyone else might build.

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My Comment: The U.S. is going down a different path.

Report: Russia Set To Test New Ballistic Missiles

From MSNBC:

Submarine-launched weapon has capacity for up to six nuclear warheads.

MOSCOW - Russia will conduct at least five test launches of a new-generation intercontinental ballistic missile this year, the deputy defense minister was quoted as saying Tuesday.

Col. Gen. Vladimir Popovkin said the Bulava missile needs thorough testing because "the reliability of all aspects of the rocket needs to be achieved" in comments carried by state news agency RIA Novosti.

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My Comment: Russia is trying to play catch-up .... but they still have a long way to go from when it was the Soviet Union.

Russia Missile Arsenal 80 Percent New By 2016: General

From Defense Talk:

MOSCOW: New rockets will by 2016 account for at least 80 percent of the strategic missile forces in Russia as it replaces its Soviet-era arsenal with new nuclear-capable missiles, the military said Friday.

"Plans for the development of the Russian strategic rocket forces through 2016 foresee a decrease in quantity and a transformation in quality at the same time," Nikolai Solovstov, the commander of Russia's strategic missile forces, told reporters.

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My Comment: And as for the U.S. ..... nothing new. U.S. strategic forces are already a number of years old with no plans to develop any new systems .... and I guess with the Obama administration .... it will be a few more years at that.

Russia Tests Next Generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

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Russia Test-Fires Intercontinental Missile -- Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully test-fired a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday as part of checks needed to extend its service life for up to 22 years, Russian media reported.

The Topol was fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, nestled among the forests of northern Russia, and successfully hit the test site on Russia's Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka, 6,000 km (3,700 miles) to the east.

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More News On Russia's Missile Program

Russia tests intercontinental ballistic missile -- Mosnews
Russia extends life of Topol missile -- UPI
Russia to keep long-time ballistic missile -- UPI
Russia test launches key ICBM -- Indopia
Russia to test launch 14 ICBMs in 2009 - missile forces chief -- RIA Novosti
Russia to keep SS-18 ballistic missiles in service until 2019 -- RIA Novosti
Top brass arms plan: ballistic missiles and a secret spy sat -- RT News
Russia Missile Arsenal 80% New By 2016 - General -- Easy Bourse
Russia test launches Topol missile to extend service life -- RIA Novosti
Russian DM: Cause of failure of Bulava missile launch found -- China View
Russia Will Retain as Many Nuclear Weapons as Possible -- Jamestown Foundation