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Soviet Strategic Forces
Писатель: Темежников Евгений Александрович
Входит в цикл: “The Military Balance / Военный баланс”
Глава в томе: The Military Balance 1979
Случайный абзац
The Soviet Union's pace of modernization continued to be impressive. Although total ICBM numbers fell (to a little under 1,400, as older ICBM were replaced by new SLBM), at least 230 new ICBM (SS-17,-18,-19) were deployed during the year in single-warhead and MIRV variants. Accuracy has improved dramatically, and the SS-18 and SS-19 reportedly haven accuracies comparable to American systems. The SS-16 ICBM is ready for deployment in a mobile mode, but the Soviet Union has undertaken in SALT II not to deploy it in this way and to dismantle any facilities for the rapid conversion of the mobile 3-MIRV SS-20 IRBM to the SS-16 by the addition of an extra stage. SS-20 deployment, however, is not constrained by SALT, and about 120 launchers are deployed, at least some of them assumed to be targeted against China. It is unclear as yet whether the rather elderly SS-4 and SS-5 IRBM are being retired as the new (and much more capable) missile is brought into service, but it appears probable that at least some of the older missiles will be placed in storage. There is little doubt that several ICBM are being developed, but only one of these could be deployed before 1985, which is 'new' under the terms of SALT n.
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