Russia Test-Fires RS-24 Yars Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

# Russia Test-Fires RS-24 Yars Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ### Why in News? Russia test-fired the **RS-24 Yars**, a mobile **solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)**, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. ### Key Details - An **ICBM** is a very long-range ballistic missile designed to travel across continents. - The RS-24 Yars uses a **three-stage solid-fuel engine** and can be deployed from both **road-mobile launchers and silos**. - It carries **MIRVs (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles)**, allowing separate warheads to be directed at different targets. - Training warheads travelled more than **6,700 km** to the Kura test range in Kamchatka. ### Exam Connect - **RS-24 Yars** → Russian solid-fuel ICBM - **MIRV** → multiple warheads that can be aimed at different targets