The Yars ICBM plays a crucial role in Russia s defense strategy. It is part of the Strategic Rocket Forces arsenal, which includes several heavy strategic ICBMs.
There is a growing possibility that the United States will be forced to give up the idea of deploying ground-based intercontinental range ballistic missiles Minuteman III entirely, Military Watch Magazine (MWM) reported.
An intercontinental ballistic missile of the Yars complex in the version for stationary basing was loaded into a silo at the Kozelsky rocket complex in the Kaluga region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.