Russian Road-mobile Icbm Nuclear Missile Base Ss-25 Topel M

Russia / Novosibirsk / Kolyvan /
 missile, strategic rocket forces, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
This MUST be a road mobile intercontinental nuclear ballistic missile base (ICBM) from the 33rd Guards Missile Army (GMA) headquartered in Omsk. This is probably the
Novosibirsk: 39th Guards Missile Division (GMD) based at Novosibirsk-95, Pashino, and Gvardeiskiy. This divisin is armed with x45 RT-2PM, SS-25 Topel M, (Nato code: SICKLE).

As of August 2006, I see x9 missile launchers outside their x9 protective housing with their roofs slid open. Is this for cleaning? Is this to comply with nuclear weapons inspections? Is this for a drill? Nuclear experts please answer.

Answer: See
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/START_II
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   55°22'53"N   82°55'29"E

Comments

  • I believe what has been captured is known as "cooperative measures." In the START treaty, article 12 states: 1. To enhance the effectiveness of national technical means of verification, each Party shall, if the other Party makes a request in accordance with paragraph 1 of Section V of the Notification Protocol, carry out the following cooperative measures: (a) a display in the open of the road-mobile launchers of ICBMs located within restricted areas specified by the requesting Party. The number of road-mobile launchers of ICBMs based at the restricted areas specified in each such request shall not exceed ten percent of the total number of deployed road-mobile launchers of ICBMs of the requested Party, and such launchers shall be contained within one ICBM base for road-mobile launchers of ICBMs. For each specified restricted area, the roofs of fixed structures for road-mobile launchers of ICBMs shall be open for the duration of a display. The road-mobile launchers of ICBMs located within the restricted area shall be displayed either located next to or moved halfway out of such fixed structures.
  • ss-25 is not a TOPOL-M it is just TOPOL, and TOPOL-M is SS-27
  • FY, kandaliza... bgg)
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