A column of launchers of mobile ground missile systems (PGRK) "Yars" arrived in Alabino near Moscow from the Ivanovo region.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, this is a planned transfer. PGRK are preparing for a military parade on Red Square: personnel and equipment of the Teikovsky missile formation have been participating in it since 2008.
The column traveled 400 kilometers along the transport highways of the Ivanovo, Vladimir and Moscow regions, including the federal highway M7 and the Moscow Ring Road.
Prior to this, its home unit in Teikovo prepared for the march.
During the preparation for the parade on Red Square, in January–February, the formation conducted training and control exercises with the personnel of the parade crew of the Strategic Missile Forces. After passing tests in special training and driving at the PGRK "Yars" launcher training ground in a column, the command commission of the Strategic Missile Forces and the Vladimir Missile Association decided to allow military personnel to participate in the preparation for the parade.
During the journey, the mechanics-drivers of three autonomous launchers made several stops for planned and control inspections of large-sized equipment.
The "Yars" with solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missiles are replacing the "Topol-M" that were in service with Russian missilemen. It is found as a mobile complex, as well as a version with basing in a mine. The complex includes a false division with inflatable models and simulators of engine operation.
The complex was first publicly shown at the Army-2023 forum in Moscow, but its characteristics were announced a little earlier. It is known that the caliber of the missile is 1.86 meters, the length is 17.8 meters, and the launch weight is 46 tons. The payload mass of the ICBM is 1250 kilograms.
The three-stage ICBM is equipped with four multiple independently targetable warheads with a capacity of up to 500 kilotons each. In flight, which lasts more than 10 thousand kilometers, the missile in the mobile complex can change the flight mission.