Russian Strategic Missile Forces Commander Genernal Nikolai Solovstov said here Friday that RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) with fusion warheads would be actually used by Russian forces within three years' time.Russian experts are now bent on conducting a series of tests on such missiles before they are put into actual service, Solovstov told a news conference. Russia conducted successful tests for the use of RS-24 ICBM in May.
However, he added that Russian Missile Forces would be armed with new missile systems in the foreseeable future, but he failed to reveal the exact type of such systems.
Furthermore, Russian armed forces will be supplied with additional sophisticated Topol-M missiles before the end of this year, he said, voicing confidence that Russia was able to reproduce medium and short-range missile systems within a definite period of time.
Russia had destroyed its full stockpile of medium and short-range missiles pursuant to a relevant treaty it signed with the US in 1989. But, Moscow warns that it would quit the agreement if Washington goes ahead with the planned deployment of a missile shield system in Europe.