The Adaptable ICBM with Mobile Compatibility and Unified Silo, RT-2PM2 Topol-M

Th? ??v?l??m?nt ?? th? T???l-M, ????n in th? l?t? 1980s ?s ?n u??????? v??si?n ?? th? SS-25, th?u?h it w?s ????si?n?? in 1992 ?s th? ?i?st missil? ??si?n?? ?n? ?uilt ?? th? Russi?n F?????ti?n (?s ????s?? t? ? S?vi?t ??si?n). Th? ?i?st t?st l?unch ?ccu???? in D?c?m??? 1994 with th? ?i?st t?stin? ?? th? TEL v?hicl? v??si?n n???l? six ????s l?t??.

Th? ?i?st T???l-M missil?s ?nt???? s??vic? in 1997 in m??i?i?? SS-19 sil?s. Th? ?i?st sil? missil? ???im?nt w?s ??cl???? ?????ti?n?l in 1998, with ? s?c?n? in 1999, ? thi?? in 2000 ?n? ? ??u?th in 2003. Th? ?i?st ????-m??il? v??si?ns ?nt???? s??vic? in 2006.

P???ucti?n w?s ??i?in?ll? sch??ul?? ??? 350 missil?s, th?u?h th?s? num???s h?v? su?s??u?ntl? ???n l?w???? s?v???l tim?s, ?n? in 2009 Russi? ?nn?unc?? th?t T???l-M ????ucti?n w?s c?m?l?t??, s??in? ?n? ?utu?? missil?s ????uc?? w?ul? ?? RS-24’s, ? simil?? missil? ??si?n.

F?ll?win? th? im?l?m?nt?ti?n ?? N?w START, Russi? ??ss?ss?? 15 ????-m??il?, ?n? 50 sil?-??s?? T???l-Ms. Acc???in? t? ? 2013 U.S. ?????t, th??? w??? ?????xim?t?l? 80 ?????ti?n?l missil?s.

Th? T???l-M’s RV is c????l? ?? m?kin? ?v?siv? m?n?uv??s ?s it ??????ch?s its t????t. It lik?l? ?ls? c???i?s c?unt??m??su??s ?n? ??c??s t? ??c???s? th? ch?nc?s ?? int??c??ti?n ?? missil? ????ns?s. Th? missil? is shi?l??? ???inst ???i?ti?n, ?l?ct??m??n?tic int??????nc? ?n? ?h?sic?l ?istu???nc?; whilst ???vi?us missil?s c?ul? ?? ?is??l?? ?? ??t?n?tin? ? nucl??? w??h??? within t?n kil?m?t??s.

It is ?????t?? t? t??ic?ll? ?? ??ui???? with ? 550 kT ?i?l? nucl??? w??h???; h?w?v??, th??? ?n unc?n?i?m?? ?????t su???st ? ?i?l? ?? 1 MT h?s ???n ?chi?v??, ?s w?ll ?s th? ?l?c?m?nt ?? u? t? six MIRV w??h???s. It us?s ? P?st-B??st V?hicl? (PBV) s?st?m t? ???l?? its w??h???(s) usin? ? ?i?it?l in??ti?l n?vi??ti?n s?st?m with ? GLOSNASS (??uiv?l?nt t? Gl???l P?siti?n S?t?llit?) ??c?iv??. It h?s ? l?unch w?i?ht ?? 47,200 k? with ? l?n?th ?? 21.9 m, ?i?st st??? wi?th ?? 1.95 m, s?c?n? st??? wi?th ?? 1.61 m, ?n? ? thi?? st??? wi?th ?? 1.58 m.

In 2016, Russi? h?s 18 ????-m??il? T???l-M l?unch??s ???l????, ?l?n? with 60 m??? ???l???? in ?ix?? sil?s.

Th? RS-24 (Y??s) ICBM, ?lth?u?h c?t????iz?? ?? Russi? ?s ? ?istinct missil? s?st?m, is s?m?tim?s cl?ssi?i?? ?s ?n SS-27 v??i?nt, ?u???? th? SS-27 M?? 2.