Amid warnings from the US Embassy about a possible “serious attack” on Ukraine, they began to write There is no preparation of Russians before the launch of experimental ballistics. For unconfirmed information, we are talking about the intercontinental missile RS-26 “Rubezh”.
RBC-Ukraine reports that it is known about “Rubezh”.
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A little about the mighty launch of the RS-26 “
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What do you know about the Russian RS-26 missile
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Criticism of “Rubezh” is valid and its real status
A bit about the possible launch of the RS-26 ”
Information appeared in the Ukrainian segment of Telegram channels. Lots of people having written that Russia is new is preparing to launch an experimental ballistic missile, and at no cost may it be the RS-26 “
It is also reported that, if we talk about Rubezh itself, the strike may be carried out immediately. And from the Kapustin Yar missile range near the snowy part of the Astrakhan region.
This creates a high risk of stagnation of other missiles. Such a threat may occur not just today, but in the coming days. In connection with this, Ukrainians are asked to seriously confront the ballistic threat and promptly respond to alarms.
No information is provided. However, it is likely that the first to launch the Strategic Control channel, which specializes in monitored radio frequencies and monitoring of Russian strategic and military transport aviation.
For this data, the stasis of the RS-26 “
“The placement of the RS-26 in this region (in the Astrakhan region, – ed.) will ensure the possibility of launching in Ukraine In a similar direct way, bypassing most of the anti-missile systems fired closer to the ground cordons. This also minimizes the risk of over-crowding at the early stages of weeding,” the Osinteri respects.
In my opinion, information about a possible strike by “Rubezh” may be no more than a way for the Kremlin to apply psychological pressure and show strength to Ukraine’s potential partners. It is noteworthy that there is no such information on the channel.
Photo: RS-26 “Rubizh” transport complex (RusZMI)
At the same time, write about the international response to the ballistic attack in the Astrakhan region on the monitor channel. “Perhaps, this is due to the permission to sterilize missiles for the ATACMS complex,” admits Vin.
This fear is supported by news about the closure of several embassies near Kiev. Zokrema, the US Embassy stated that it was rejecting serious information about the preparation of a military attack on Ukraine on November 20. It was recommended to both military and American citizens to avoid anxiety when they are in hiding. After this work, the embassies of Spain, Italy and Greece were suspended.
“Suspilne” sent to Dzherel informs that the advance is not a reaction to the strengthening of the nuclear rhetoric of the Russian Federation, but is related to the growing threat of a combined attack of missiles and drones. RBC-Ukraine contacted military and law enforcement agencies for comments, as well as information on a daily basis.
What is known about the Russian RS-26 Rubezh missile
RS-26 “Rubezh” is a Russian project of a ground-based missile system for strategic purposes with an intercontinental ballistic missile. Є development of the “Yars” project (RS-24 “Yars”) with new ceramic combat units for anti-missile defense. Which, in its turn, is a modification of the Topol-M missile system.
The missile can be equipped with a thermonuclear warhead. Also intended for combat missions with the Avangard hypersonic unit. Read more details about the rest in the following materials from RBC-Ukraine.
The first successful testing of “Rubezh” occurred in the spring of 2012. Launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the rocket flew 5,800 km over a distance of 5,800 km and hit a target at the Kura test site. Further testing was carried out at the Kapustin Yar and Sari-Shagan testing grounds.
It was realized that the rocket was expected to be completed in 2015, and the launch was planned for 2017. However, in 2018, it became known that the RS-26 Rubezh mobile missile system had been turned off
The exact characteristics of the attack are unknown. These devices have less immunity:
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starting weight – 40-50 tons
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range of fire – up to 6000 km
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combat part – several separate blocks with fire force 1.2 Mt
Significantly, from the Kapustin Yar training ground to the front line in Ukraine is less than 600 km.
The criticism of “Rubezh” is also valid real status
RS-26 “Rubezh
Significantly, as early as 2014, Moscow was accused of testing medium-range missiles for violating the treaty. Then, in 2017, the current US President Donald Trump voted for the plan to leave the land, and Congress saw the cost of developing its missiles. After this, Russia called the United States at the launch of installations that could launch Tomahawk missiles. The negotiations ended in failure and the agreement ceased to operate in 2019.
The missile showed that with light brown waters, or without any specification, it is possible to complete the INF Treaty between 5500 km. I wanted all further tests of the “Rubezh” to be carried out with significantly shorter ranges.
A column by Jeffrey Lewis, director of the Western Asia Program at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies, published in 2024 in Foreign Policy, says that “Frontier” r”>The real status of development in today’s unknowns is determined by analysts of the Ukrainian specialized portal Defense Express. However, at the end of 2024, the Kremlin threatened to renew the production of medium- and short-range missiles. Therefore, the credibility of the fact that Russia has taken up the implementation of this decision is high.
Moreover, we are not talking about a real rocket, but about one of the options for the current Topol. Please note that the RS-26 was created on the basis of two Topol-M stages. A similar approach was recently implemented for the RSD-10 Pioneer rocket, for which they took stages from the Temp-2S. With the assurance that “Rubizh” is only of medium range, it is unlikely that Moscow would have taken a different path.
Moreover, the author of all rocket sciences, the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering, is the source. and a virobnik – “Votkinsky plant” (also produces ballistic “Ikanderi”).
In this way, Russia is actively using all its capabilities to ensure that the production of the RS-26 “Rubezh” is quickly fired up.
< p dir="ltr">When The text was prepared using the following sources: information in Ukrainian Telegram channels, data from open sources, publication of the Ukrainian specialized resource Defense Express.
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