Development in Russia of a new " missile squads of Missile troops of strategic purpose is placed at the first stage of the five, in cooperation participate solely domestic enterprises, told reporters on Tuesday, the assistant commander of the strategic missile forces Sergei Semak.

As stated, the Development of rail-mobile missile system is underway, and among them, in the form of a response to the instant global strike USA, which suggests the possibility for an hour since the decision to hit the objects at any point of the Earth.

"to date, open a fresh R & d work) missile train (combat railway missile complex) only Russian cooperation. There are about five stages, 1st stage", said Denisov.

Rail is the only in its own kind missile system, which could go on a combat patrol routes 1, 5 thousand kilometers from the place of permanent deployment and combat duty offline for a number of months. Head developer of the complex in Soviet times was the design Bureau "southern" in Ukraine.

The launch rail could be made from any point of the route, and Parking areas. Each rail-mobile missile system was equipped with three launchers and carried 12 missiles "Good" (according to Western classification - SS-24). Just was brought on combat duty 36 rail mobile launchers.

Soviet missile train was withdrawn from service in 2005 in connection with the Treaty on the reduction of strategic offensive arms (start I), signed in January 1993 by the presidents of the USA and Russia George Bush and Boris Yeltsin. The new start-3 Treaty does not prohibit the development of new Missile systems and missile train.

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