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RT-2UTTH Topol-M

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NATO / DIA Designation : SS-27
NATO Name : n/a (Until then, "Topol-M")
Bilateral Designation : RS-12M2
Service Designation : RT-2PM2, RT-2PM-OS

I've been wanting to get this drawn for quite some time. A month, in fact.

The Topol-M, as it is currently known as until NATO comes up with a designation for it, is a recently tested, revolutionary new intercontinental ballistic missile designed by the Russians. It can be launched from either an underground silo or one of their long-ass mobile launcher vehicles. The РВСН (Strategic Rocket Forces) is the sole operator of this missile.
What makes the Topol-M so revolutionary is the fact that it utilizes anti-ABM advancements, including resistance to EMP, shockwaves from distant nuclear explosions, and even ABM laser systems. It is also rigged to be guided by GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System; Russian GPS), and has countermeasures such as decoy systems if it were to be targetted to be shot down.
The Topol-M can also be MIRV'ed; it can carry up to 6 nuclear warheads, each with a 550 kiloton yield. Unless you're experiencing the blast for yourself, 550 kilotons isn't as big as, say, history's previous nuclear tests.
The Russians are now making their nukes so that they counter all known ABM systems. We believe that by around the next decade, the Russians will have full capability of penetrating America's ABM network. Russian nuclear weapons now are no longer about sheer power.....tactical capabilities are finally being utilized. Thus, the Topol-M can be equated to our Minuteman III.

They are also designing a variation to be launched from a submarine; I believe it's called "Bulava".

Nuclear weapons confuse the shit out of me, to tell you the truth. I wonder if they keep a lot of these things classified or something; I was trying to find an image of the warheads used for the Topol-M, if there's even a specific physics package (another name for what carries the destructive capability) made for the Topol-M. There are also so many different pictures; when I try to find an image of the missile, I just get the mobile silo instead, which only holds the missile. Bastards. I want the missile! NOT THE TUBE!! *ahem* Pardon me. Anyway, despite everything, I believe this is roughly what the Topol-M looks like.
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