Russia fired a test of intercontinental missiles

Russia has announced that it has successfully fired the RS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (SS-19 Stiletto) from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan.

Stiletto missiles have a range of 9,600 km, each R-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) can carry 6 warheads weighing 550 kg. Currently, Russia's strategic armed forces are equipped with more than 100 missiles of this type.

According to information from Russia's Space Military Force (SMF), the missile shooting was carried out at 13:10 pm Moscow time (09:10 GMT) on October 23 at the space center based at Kazakhstan. The new type of missile fired by Russia is the RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) intercontinental ballistic missile - a powerful strategic weapon that has been equipped for Russian armed forces for the past 29 years.

RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) intercontinental ballistic missiles - (Photo: VTC)

The SMF announcement said the success of the missile test once again confirmed that Russia will continue to use the RS-18 - one of the most complex and reliable weapons in the world after 2010.

The fact that Russia fired ballistic missiles being equipped in the arsenal of strategic armed forces is considered a measure of effective features and most importantly, finding a solution to this type of missile question. Is it still reliable to use or not?

Over the past five years, Russia has conducted all 31 tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles including: RS-12M (SS-25 Sickle), RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) and RS- 20 (SS-18 Satan). Russia is expected to double the number of missile tests after 2009.

RS-18 rocket launcher (SS-19 Stiletto) - (Photo: VTC)

In October 2007, after successfully testing a Stiletto missile, the Russian army decided to extend the service life of this weapon to 31 years.

Russia's strategic armament plan in the future will gradually replace the RS-18 with a modern RS-24 missile and be able to penetrate any of the enemy's complex defense systems.