Russia strengthens strategic deterrence with technological innovation

RS-26 Ballistic Missile

Moscow, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) Russia will start this year series production of its newest intercontinental missile, the RS-26 Rubezh, and resume the modernized building the most powerful strategic plane of the planet, the Tu-160, stand today media.

Rossiiskaya Gazeta official newspaper comments that amid threats from Washington and NATO experts Russian military advance in the development of the new rocket with a range of more than 10 thousand kilometers from its predecessor, the Yars.

Government newspaper says that a Chinese military analyst invited to a television show referred to the modernized version of the Yars as a unique weapon in the world.

The expert cited by the publication noted that the RS-26 follows a path that is constantly changing and has hypersonic speed (at least five times greater than that of sound), which makes it invulnerable to any missile defense.

Sukhoi Su-35

According to the television channel Star, thanks to extensive use of high-strength polymeric materials specialists Votkinsk plant managed to design a projectile much lighter than the Yars.

Rossiskaya Gazeta adds that the launch weight of the RS-26 Rubezh is only 80 tonnes against about 120 of his predecessor. However, the new rockets carry four warheads (three more than the Yars) with a power of 1.2 megatons.

The government newspaper notes that the RS-26 Rubezh is a quick start, allowing acceleration in just five minutes, while insufficient for the NATO missile defense system in Europe locate its takeoff and brake his career.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin ordered resume production of the Tu-160 strategic aircraft, the most powerful in the world, with all its (Tu-160M2) modernized systems.

The new series called White Swan will feature an innovative system of arms control and possible changes in the fuselage to improve aerodynamics, according to Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Bosrisov.

Without offering extensive details, sources indicate that the greatest innovations lie in the radio-electronic integrated defense systems (IMA, in English), developed by the consortium KRET.

The IMA provides employment in every ship of different electronic modules unified by an operating system. Each module has its own separate processor, and in case of failure of one of the devices, others continue to operate.

As a means of strategic deterrence, the White Swans have the task of approaching supersonic speed toward a supposed enemy remotely located away to hit with long-range nuclear missiles, said the website of the satellite TV station RT