MOSCOW, December 22. Russia has developed a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) for delivering a strategic nuclear strike, while the United States cannot replace outdated Minuteman III launchers, writes Military Watch Magazine.
“»Serious difficulties in developing a new missile have increased the likelihood that the United States will be forced to completely abandon the deployment of land-based intercontinental-range ballistic missiles and decommission the Minuteman III arsenal without replacement,” the article says.
It is noted that Russia has made great strides in creating this type of weapons, in while the United States focused on the development of submarine nuclear forces and strategic bombers.
Unlike Washington, which is suffering failures in this branch of rocket science, Moscow is increasing the number of Yars regiments and also modernizing RS18-A installations to they could carry Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles, the publication clarifies.
Advanced technologies give Russia a huge advantage over a potential enemy and make its ground-based intercontinental missiles the most combat-ready in the world, the material summarizes.