Place of origin Russia | Length (23) 12 19 to 26 30 m | |
Type Intercontinental ballistic missile Used by Russian Strategic Missile Troops Designer Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology Weight (49) 20 to 50 Ton , up to 80 Ton max | ||
The RS-26 Rubezh РС-26 Рубеж (also known or within the programs Avangard Авангард) SS-X-31 or SS-X-29B , is a Russian solid-fueled, MIRV-equipped (or MARV maneuverable re-entry vehicles to bypass anti-ballistic missiles or hypersonic Prompt Global Strike-type weapons), thermonuclear intercontinental ballistic missile with reported hypersonic warheads in advanced stages of development as of early 2015, based on the previous RS-24 Yars. After an initial failure in 2011, it was first test-launched successfully from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on May 26, 2012, hitting its target at the Kura Range 6,000 km away minutes later. Further successful tests were performed from Kapustin Yar to Sary Shagan on October 24, 2012, and June 6, 2013. According to the commander of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Karakayev, the RS-26 Rubezh is expected to become operational in 2016.