Russia increases missile shield

Thanks to the continuous improvement of the technical equipment of the RVSN in 2017, the share of modern weapons models increased to 66%. In the future, the modernization of the RVSN's weapons and equipment will "involve the continued research and development and introduction into combat of modern fixed and mobile missile systems, on the basis of which the future force of the RVSN will be formed".

The main direction here is to re-equip the fixed and mobile missile forces with new Yars systems with standardized missiles in the appropriate configuration.

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President Vladimir Putin said Russia would not “stand by and watch” as Washington expands its missile defense system in the United States and South Korea. “We are looking for ways to respond to these American challenges,” Putin said.

In the period up to 2026, it is planned to re-equip with Yars almost all missile divisions currently equipped with mobile missile systems.

Russia has now completed the re-equipment of the Teikovo, Nizhny Tagil and Novosibirsk divisions. The Yars mobile missile systems are rapidly replacing the Topol missile systems that have reached the end of their service life.

In 2017, RVSN was delivered more than 50 units of engineering vehicles, much higher than in previous years, and in the period up to 2020, RVSN will receive nearly 20 Listva remote mine clearance vehicles and nearly 50 engineering and camouflage support vehicles, as well as more than 300 engineering engineering units including bulldozers, heavy mechanized bridges, excavators, crane trucks and other engineering equipment.

The Listva remote mine-clearing armored vehicle is particularly notable for its installation of an ultra-high-frequency block. Previously, this technology had not been used to destroy explosives from a distance. The Listva's electronics are capable of detecting mines and explosives from a distance of up to 100 m within a 30-degree range.