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Russian Army gets seven ICBMs from year-start

Also four autonomous launchers, 17 combat duty support vehicles and eight integral parts of a stationary system were accepted
RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system  Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defence Ministry Press Office/TASS
RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system
© Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defence Ministry Press Office/TASS

MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. Russia’s Strategic Missile Force received seven intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in the first half of this year, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on the single military output acceptance day on Friday.

"In the interests of the Strategic Missile Force, seven intercontinental ballistic missiles, four autonomous launchers, 17 combat duty support vehicles and eight integral parts of a stationary system were accepted," he said.

Specifically, the Volgograd-based enterprise Titan-Barrikady manufactured four autonomous Yars launchers.

"Currently, two more autonomous launchers are undergoing trials and six are being assembled and are at a various stage of their preparedness," Enterprise First Deputy CEO Alexei Pankratov said.

Three equipment sets are scheduled to be dispatched to Russia’s Strategic Missile Force facilities on July 25, he added.