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Country: Russia Latitude: 51° 42' 6" N Longitude: 45° 32' 16" E Area use / Military Branches: ACTIVE |
Tatishchevo.
- 60 Missile Division under 27 Guards Missile Army command.
Unit is operating 10x UR-100NUTTH (NATO: SS-19 Stiletto) missiles in 2 regiments (currently deactivating) and 60x Topol-M silo based (NATO: SS-27) strategic missiles in 4 regiments. The storage facility at grid 51°42'5"N 45°32'15"E presumably contains nuclear warheads
SS-19 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/SS-19_missiles.jpg missiles have been deployed between 1979-1984. These were liquid-fuelled and able to carry 6 warheads. Service life of the missile has been extended to over 30 years, so some could be kept in service until 2019.
SS-27 missiles exist in 2 versions -- silo-based and mobile. Deployment of the silo-based version began 1997. The mobile version began service in 2006. The missile is solid fuelled and initially developed as a single-warhead missile, they are currently MIRVed (designated RS-24) and deployed as of 2010.
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