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Yars

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Russian three stage ICBM.

Country
Russia

Chronology

8 events

2007 May 29

10:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Yars.
  • ICBM Test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

    First test of a new Russian heavyweight, mobile, solid propellant ICBM. The multiple test warheads were said to have impacted on target 5,500 km down range in the Kura Test Range in the Kamchatka Peninsula. Although development must have been underway for some time, the launch was touted as a reply to American plans to install ABM system elements in the Czech Republic and Poland.

2007 December 25

13:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Yars.
  • Kura? - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2008 November 26

13:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Yars.

2014 April 14

06:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Yars.
  • Yars RV x 4? - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Missile test. Four warheads launched towards the Kura impact zone (in Kamchatka)..

2014 December 26

08:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Yars.
  • RV x 4? - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test flight..

2015 October 28

11:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Yars.
  • 4 RVs - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted Kura, Kamchatka..

2017 September 12

Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Yars.
  • RV x4? - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted Kura..

2017 September 20

Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Yars.
  • RV x4? - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted Kura..