moscow, dec 16-ria novosti. Strategic missile forces annually receive about 20 launchers of the Yars and Avangard missile systems, said the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Sergey Karakayev.
"domestic industrial enterprises maintain the pace of delivery of elements of new missile systems to the troops established by the state armament program. First of all, this is the Yars missile system in stationary mine and mobile ground-based versions, as well as the Avangard stationary-based missile system. In total, this is about 20 launchers and their supporting systems per year, "he said in an interview with the newspaper" Red Star " on the eve of the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces, celebrated on December 17.
karakayev recalled that now in the combat composition of the strategic missile forces there are many missile systems of various methods of combat use. He named the Avangard, Voevoda, Stiletto, Topol-M and Yars stationary mine-based complexes and the Topol, Topol-M and Yars mobile ground-based missile systems.
according to the commander, by the end of 2020, the share of modern missile weapons in the strategic missile forces reached 81%. Karakayev added that this year the strategic missile forces conducted more than 200 exercises of various levels, and next year "the number of exercises will be kept within the parameters of this year."
