RS-24 'Yars' (SS-29)

GunshipDemocracy wrote:well after Yars has new maneuvering blocks no wonder that is happily installed in siloes

"New maneuvering blocks" huh? Hmmmm....





Check the 1:45 mark



....This was literally posted a few pages earlier in the thread.

I think he means about the Independent Booster for each warhead.

miketheterrible wrote:I think he means about the Independent Booster for each warhead.

If he believed that he wouldn't of believed a random anon wiki entry saying 30 SM-3's (using kill vehicles) could defeat Avantgarde. There seems to be the presumption that Topol-M/Yars warhead/bus weren't hypersonic gliders. They are very much the maturation of the technological experience gained from developing Buran. Topol-M had the first breakthrough, while Yars allowed it to have multiple warheads (MIRV, which I believe was limited by START II). The difference between them and Avantgarde, is that the latter isn't just maneuvering from the throw momentum of it's first few stages, Avantgarde actually has a powered engine that can sustain speed, that could potentially fake a dive, fly back in to higher altitude and may even fly into a FOB's flight pattern (giving it unlimited range). Once Zircon's technology has matured, the individual warheads will have the same capability as the bus, and the decoys will likely mimic the same hypersonic maneuvering flying patterns as the warheads themselves. The decoys may even evolve in to offensive weapons themselves (rods from God, EMP carriers, etc.).

magnumcromagnon wrote:

GunshipDemocracy wrote:well after Yars has new maneuvering blocks no wonder that is happily installed in siloes

"New maneuvering blocks" huh? Hmmmm....





Check the 1:45 mark



....This was literally posted a few pages earlier in the thread.

Also at 1:49

Nice trailer.

Morse code still going strong!

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magnumcromagnon wrote:

GunshipDemocracy wrote:well after Yars has new maneuvering blocks no wonder that is happily installed in siloes

"New maneuvering blocks" huh? Hmmmm....





Check the 1:45 mark



....This was literally posted a few pages earlier in the thread.

Looks like Sergei Ivanov has further indirectly confirmed (from the recent news of Avantgarde's top speed, Mach 27) that it has the same stone skipping, 'porpoise' trajectory, the same as Topol-M/Yars, suggesting that Avantgarde is in fact a further evolution, and the previous generation (Topol-M/Yars) were indeed in fact hypersonic gliders:

Russian official Sergei Ivanov, smiling, compared the flight of this weapon with a pebble jumping from the surface of the water.
https://topwar.ru/151916-zapadnye-smi-kak-dopustili-chtoby-u-strany-benzokolonki-pojavilsja-avangard.html

Arrow wrote:Yars/Topol M carry standard MIRV warhead.

The fact that you couldn't distinguish that Yars was a MIRV'd warhead, and Topol-M wasn't, speaks volumes of how infinitesimally small your knowledge about this subject.

Arrow wrote:Topol M and Yars it's the same missile. Yars carry MIRV, Topol M single RV.

Sorry, but you were caught red-handed with your pants down. You lack even basic rudimentary knowledge on this subject.

magnumcromagnon wrote:

Looks like Sergei Ivanov has further indirectly confirmed (from the recent news of Avantgarde's top speed, Mach 27) that it has the same stone skipping, 'porpoise' trajectory, the same as Topol-M/Yars, suggesting that Avantgarde is in fact a further evolution, and the previous generation (Topol-M/Yars) were indeed in fact hypersonic gliders:

If Avngard has scramjets then in order to use them must dive till ~70-80,000m to use them, then start using them - go up change direction - and dive again. Yaw and pitch if Im correct.

There is also a method to use the atmosphere like a trampolin. Or a stone bouncing from water.

I guess the warhead(s) of the TopolM/Yars were "just" some sort of MARV with the Avangard being the next step with full propulsion.

Hole wrote:There is also a method to use the atmosphere like a trampolin. Or a stone bouncing from water.

I guess the warhead(s) of the TopolM/Yars were "just" some sort of MARV with the Avangard being the next step with full propulsion.

MARV was designed to increase accuracy as well as autonomy (in case the launch site was destroyed), because ICBM's used to have CEPs of multiple kilometers, hence the development. Again, I don't think it cant get any more clear, the image I posted was from the Federation MOD, and Ivanov pointing out the skipping trajectory isn't purely coincidence my friend. BTW, if Topol-M/Yars were just MARV, how in the hell would a skipping trajectory increase it's terminal accuracy and guidance autonomy?

The maneuverable reentry vehicle (abbreviated MARV or MaRV) is a type of ballistic missile whose warhead is capable of autonomously tracking ground targets. It often requires some terminal active homing guidance (like Pershing II active radar homing) to make sure the missile does not miss the target, because of the frequent trajectory shifts. Refer to atmospheric reentry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuverable_reentry_vehicle

Yars launch from Plesetsk

On February 6, 2019 the Strategic Rocket Forces conducted a successful test launch of a road-mobile RS-24 Yars missile from the Plesetsk test site. The missile was launched at 11:31 MSK (08:31 UTC). The warheads were said to have successfully reached their targets at the Kura test site. According to the official statement, "the goal of the launch was to confirm characteristics of the prospective missile system."

It is not clear what that "prospective missile system" might refer to. In September 2017, Yars was tested with "experimental warheads" that are believed to be warheads with parallel deployment. But experimental warheads were not mentioned this time. My guess is that it's a regular training launch.

Previous launch of the Yars missile took place in June 2018, although it wasn't announced at the time (it was officially confirmed later).

http://russianforces.org/blog/2019/02/yars_launch_from_plesetsk.shtml

Repetitive "Yars": what rockets does Russia build?

Full article
https://iz.ru/855653/denis-komarovskii/povtoriaiushchiisia-iars-kakie-rakety-stroit-rossiia

According to a common press release, the rearmament of the next regiment of the Yoshkar-Ola missile compound to the Yars missile systems was carried out in a planned manner. The regiment re-armed to the new complexes is ready to take up combat duty. Thus, the rearmament of the Strategic Missile Forces division was carried out in full.

The planned arrival of launchers of the Yars missile complex with intercontinental ballistic missiles ensured a steady rearmament rate of the Strategic Missile Forces grouping. - noted in the Ministry of Defense.

At the same time, the military department reported that the rearmament of the new PGRK Yars was not completed in the Irkutsk and Barnaul divisions of the Strategic Missile Forces, but proceeds on schedule without disrupting the supply of new equipment.

Earlier it was reported that the Strategic Missile Forces of Russia is carrying out a complete rearmament of new stationary and mobile-based missile systems. The mobile component of the group replaces the already outdated Topol complexes with new PGRK Yars. The Topol missiles removed from duty are not disposed of, but used to test new combat equipment for promising missiles.

PGRK "Yars" (PC-24) allow for launches from sites on which Topol could be on duty only after special engineering equipment. The complex has improved the characteristics of communications and the base chassis, the rocket itself has become more powerful and capable of hitting the target at a distance of up to 12 thousand kilometers while remaining virtually invulnerable to the existing missile defense system of the likely enemy.

How many Yars have been deployed to date? Mobile and silo?

How many YARS were deployed in 2018? It seems the rate of production recently is low.

Within Grom 2019 strategic command & control exercise, a Yars system unit have performed an intercontinental ballistic missile launch at the Plesetsk cosmodrome hitting a land target at Kura test site in Kamchatka.

This one came out of the blue   ...

Russian Forces in the Altai region, have begun accepting into service the modernised "YARS-S" system
https://rg.ru/2019/10/18/reg-sibfo/na-altae-nachnet-dezhurstvo-raketnyj-polk-s-kompleksom-iars-s.html

MOSCOW, 18 Jul - RIA Novosti. Modernized strategic missile complex "YARS-S" probably has the more powerful warheads compared to the original modification to this system, told RIA Novosti on Friday, the doctor of military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov.

Today the commander of the 35th missile division, Colonel Alexander of Prokopenkov stated in the framework of the Unified day of acceptance of the military, that three regiments of the strategic Missile forces of Russia will get the mobile missile system "YARS-S" until 2021.


Features of this latest missile system is classified, although it is known that there is a silo and mobile version.

In addition to Sivkov, RIA Novosti interviewed military experts found it difficult to comment on this topic, saying that earlier about the "YARS-S" not heard.

"Modernization of all modern rocket systems of today goes in two directions. First – I can assume that the "YARS-C" will have higher accuracy. The second can be applied more advanced warheads may slightly be increased their throw-weight," - said Sivkov.

The expert noted that until today, he has not heard of "Yars-S"

"Features of this complex has never been disclosed, and officials mentioned it extremely rare - it is possible to conclude that it was a classified project," - said the expert.

https://ria.ru/20191018/1559943101.html

There is (atm officialy unconfirmed) talk that it is armed with Avanguard warheads...for eg below...the text below mentions it has a higher level of automatisation enambling a faster launch sequence and that it's armed with hypersonic warheads

The Yars-S improved missile system with new hypersonic thermonuclear warheads comes into service with the Strategic Missile Forces of Russia!



https://twitter.com/AnatolyVlasov87/status/1185601755624685568