However, it typically reduces the missile's maximum range and payload capacity. Ukraine's media outlet, Ukrainska Pravda, reported that a Russian RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile ...

The RS-26 program reportedly began in 2006. The missile was launched for the first time on September 27, 2011. Defense Express reported that the plan to enter the projectile into service in 2017.

After warning U.S. officials of its intention to launch, Russia lobbed a mysterious new ballistic missile—initially mistaken for a nuclear-capable ICBM—at the city of ...

MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. A prototype of the RS-26 new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will be demonstrated to the American side within the framework of the implementation of the ...

MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will test-fire an RS-26 Rubezh state-of-the-art intercontinental ballistic missile in the second quarter of 2016, a source in the ...

MAD Vlad is under mounting pressure to use a hypersonic near-nuclear missile as a response to Ukraine’s biggest drone attack on Moscow since the start of Russia’s war. Political yes-men pressed ...

In addition, Russia’s Strategic Missile Troops plan to hold more than 100 other military exercises throughout the year.

According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies the missile was derived from the RS-26, an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The ...