Yars

On May 29, 2007, the first test launch of the RS-24 at the Kura test site was carried out at the Plesetsk test site .

On December 25, 2007, at the Plesetsk test site, the second test launch of the RS-24 at the Kura test site was carried out.

On November 26, 2008, the third test launch of the RS-24 at the Kura test site was carried out at the Plesetsk test site.

The timing of the completion of state tests of the IBR RS-24 Yars indicated various information: some said the completion of the GI in 2010 ^[9] , while other sources (the chief designer of the complex ) reported that the GI was completed in late 2009 ^[6] , which seems to be related to the difference in the timing of the actual completion of the state test program and the timing of the execution of the relevant documents and the elimination of the comments identified at the GI stage.

On the night of December 24-25, 2013, a test launch of silo-based ICBM RS-24 “Yars” with a split head was carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. Start was successful. Missile warheads hit targets at the Kamchatka Kura proving ground. ^[ten]

On April 14, 2014, at 10:40 Moscow time, at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a split head was launched from a mobile launcher. The launch was carried out in the interests of protecting the party of the Votkinsk -made missiles (control and serial tests). According to official sources, the launch tasks have been completed in full. ^[eleven]

December 26, 2014 at 11:02 am ( MSC ) from the Plesetsk cosmodrome a test launch of a mobile ground-based rocket was made, training warheads hit targets at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. ^[12]

On October 28, 2015, at the Plesetsk test site, a PC-24 test launch was launched at the Kura test site. ^[13]

On September 12, 2017, a test launch of the mine-based RS-24, with experimental warheads, which arrived in a given area of ​​Kamchatka at the Kura test site , was carried out at 1 Plec . The goals have been achieved, the tasks have been completed in full. ^[14]

On February 6, 2019, the launch of the RS-24 Yars ICBM was launched on the territory of Plesetsk. The rocket was launched at 11:30 ( Moscow time ). The military report notes that the rocket successfully reached the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the Kura test site is located. It also indicates that the purpose of this launch was to confirm all the tactical and technical parameters of the new rocket launcher. As a result, it was possible to successfully complete all the tasks.

Tactical and technical characteristics are not disclosed , this information is tentative.

At the end of 2009, the Russian military-industrial complex delivered to the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) the first combat unit of the RS-24 Yars mobile missile systems, equipped with multiple warheads. ^[15] In July 2010, the deployment of the first RS-24 unit was officially confirmed by Deputy Minister of Defense V. A. Popovkin . ^[sixteen]

The second division with the RS-24 Yars missile system was put on trial combat duty in the Teikov missile division (Ivanovo region) in December 2010. The first regiment, armed with the Yars mobile missile system, was transferred to combat duty on March 4, 2011 as part of two divisions of the RS-24, ^{[CH 1]} that had been on operational combat duty since 2010. ^[3]

In the summer of 2011, the first missile regiment armed with the Yars PGRK in the Teikov missile compound was brought to full staff (3 divisions, 9 APU). On December 7, 2011, in the same division, the second regiment RS-24 Yars was put on experimental combat duty as part of the regiment's mobile command center (PKP) and one missile division. The second division of this regiment was put on duty at the end of December 2011, so by the beginning of 2012 the total number of deployed RS-24s was 15 APU with missiles. In September 2012, the re-equipment of this regiment to mobile Yarsy was completed, and the total number of APU RS-24 Yars was increased to 18 (2 regiments, 6 divisions). ^{[17] [18]}

At the end of 2012, work was begun on re-equipping the Novosibirsk and Kozelsky (mine variant of the complex, Kaluga region) missile units to this complex. ^[nineteen]

In 2013, the Russian Strategic Missile Forces began rearming the Novosibirsk and Kozelsky missile formations, and the rearmament of the missile regiments of the Tagil missile division was almost complete ^[20] . In addition, the 29th Guards , 14th , 54th Guards , 39th Guards Missile Divisions ^[21] .

As of the beginning of 2014, there were 33 mobile bases based on the RS-24 with four combat units each armed with the Strategic Missile Forces. ^[22]

As of the beginning of 2016, a total of 73 RS-24 missiles were in service with the RVSN (63 mobile and 10 silo-based missiles). ^[22]

According to media reports, the Votkinsky plant will supply the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation in 2016 about 20 missiles. ^[23]

In 2016, 23 launchers of the RS-24 Yars missile system were delivered. ^[24]

As of September 2017, a total of 110 RS-24 Yars missiles are in service with the RVSN - 90 (10 regiments) mobile and 20 (2 regiments) mine.

The Yars mobile soil missile system is in service with the following formations : ^[25]

• Avangard - a missile system equipped with a controlled warhead
• " Bulava " - ballistic missile submarines
• Strategic Nuclear Forces of the Russian Federation

• Andrei Kislyakov. New old "Topol" (rus.) (Inaccessible link) . RIA Novosti (December 24, 2007, 15:25). The date of circulation is December 23, 2009. Archived February 2, 2009.
• Missiles (PGRK) RS-24 Yars
• Russia will refuse Topol in favor of Yarsov (Rus.) (Inaccessible link) . lenta.ru. Circulation date November 30, 2010. Archived December 2, 2010.
• Strategic Missile Forces: New Russian RS-24 missiles will be able to overcome any missile defense system
• “RS-24 Yars / Poplar-MP - SS-X-29 / SS-29 / SS-27 mod.2 SICKLE-B” // Illustrated article on the MilitaryRussia.Ru website