tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991917726704497295.post5341592243188367260..comments2023-11-17T09:04:49.898-05:00Comments on Russian Navy Blog: Missile Testing UpdateRussian Navy Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119671832425902500noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991917726704497295.post-58380625765799619232008-11-29T12:12:00.000-05:002008-11-29T12:12:00.000-05:00"unless it is an ICBM to which no more than one wa..."unless it is an ICBM to which no more than one warhead is attributed"<BR/><BR/>As I understand, this only means that a single-warhead missile <I>that was not originally declared as a mobile missile</I> can be deployed on a mobile launcher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991917726704497295.post-72296103728300074032008-11-28T19:48:00.000-05:002008-11-28T19:48:00.000-05:00I'm looking at this part of paragraph four (I shou...I'm looking at this part of paragraph four (I should have written 4 in the post):<BR/><BR/>"unless it is an ICBM to which no more than one warhead is attributed". <BR/><BR/>The RS-24 is road-mobile because it has been tested from a mobile launcher and will have at least three re-entry vehicles which seems to contravene that line in paragraph five about not deploying a mobile missile with more than one warhead attributed. <BR/><BR/>Additionally, after looking at Article V again, paragraph 12 also has the potential to be pretty violated by the RS-24:<BR/><BR/>12. Each Party undertakes not to: <BR/><BR/>(d) increase the number of warheads attributed to an ICBM or SLBM of an existing or new type. [III.4(b)]<BR/><BR/>But I see that you already have all of that covered in your May 2007 post.Russian Navy Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02119671832425902500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991917726704497295.post-60293646609929886872008-11-28T19:21:00.000-05:002008-11-28T19:21:00.000-05:00There is no violation of Article V, para 5. RS-24 ...There is no violation of Article V, para 5. RS-24 will be declared as a "type of ICBM for mobile launchers of ICBMs", so it would be perfectly legal to deploy it on a mobile launcher.<BR/><BR/>It may have a problem with another provision - the one that prohibits increasing the number of warheads on existing types of missiles. But this will probably be resolved as well - http://russianforces.org/blog/2007/07/is_rs24_a_new_missile.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com