MOSCOW, Dec 15-RIA Novosti. Another regiment equipped with Yars missile systems has entered combat duty in the Barnaul compound of the Strategic Missile Forces in the Altai Territory, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti.
"This complex is designed to strengthen the capabilities of the Strategic Missile Forces and strengthen the nuclear deterrent potential. It is being introduced into the combat composition of the Missile Forces instead of developing a guaranteed operational resource of mobile ground-based missile systems "Topol", " the military department said.
The Yars missile system became the basis of the Strategic Missile Forces group. "Oboronka", as noted in the Ministry of Defense, "maintains the pace of delivery to the troops" of this missile system "Yars" both in stationary and in mine and mobile versions.
In May, the head of the combat training department of the Strategic Missile Forces, Viktor Fotyuk, said that by the end of the year, two missile regiments near Barnaul will be equipped with Yars mobile missile systems. In December of 2019, it was reported about the intercession on combat duty the first regiment with the "YARS" at Barnaul.
It was reported that Yoshkar-Ola, Teikovo, Nizhny Tagil, Novosibirsk and Irkutsk formations were fully re-equipped with mobile-based Yars. At that time, the Kozelsky (stationary-based) and Barnaul (mobile-based) formations were in the active phase of rearmament.
Yars (RS-24)is a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile with a separable head. It replaced "Poplar".