If it were not the truth, it could be part of the plot of a James Bond movie. And in fact, few know that the USSR, during the Cold War, had in service twelve "ghost trains" (photos) called "Combat Railway Missile Complex" and equipped with three ballistic missile launchers. For the first time since the 2005, the year in which the possible re-use of the deterrent system was feared, the Kremlin has started the production of the new "trains of death". The news was issued by the agency Sputnik, citing government sources.
In the 1969 the Soviet Union, in response to the nuclear power of US submarines, deployed twelve perfectly disguised atomic trains throughout the territory and, in fact, canceled the American military satellite survey. The concept of the "Nuke Train" is a specular terrestrial projection of the ballistic deterrent service performed by submarines: trains, however, are much less expensive. Since it was impossible to determine precisely where the missiles could have been launched from, the convoys (virtually impossible to identify) have been dubbed as "trains of death" or "ghost trains". The "Barguzin" were struck off the service in the 1993.
They add from the military industries that are curating the project trains of death new generation: "It will be impossible to detect a nuclear train. They will use the same railcars as for civil transport and the trains will be identical to the refrigerated ones in service. Unlike the previous trains, they will be able to launch from anywhere in our country, from anywhere in our vast railway. No steel reinforcement will be required as was the case for the previous units ”.
The trains of Putin's death
The new nuclear railway platform will have devastating power. Each train will be armed with six RS-24 missiles, each capable of carrying four MIRV warheads (most likely MARV from the sixth train onwards). Each convoy can launch 24 thermonuclear warheads with independent multiple re-entry. This means that only one train may be able to target 24 cities. The RS-24 'Yars' (code-named Nato SS-29) is a fifth generation intercontinental ballistic missile. It is an updated version of the 'Topol-M' ballistic missile and has been tested and officially presented in the 2007, in response to the installation of NATO's missile shield in Poland.
The RS-24 is able to hit targets at a maximum distance of twelve thousand kilometers with an error of 50 meters. It is one of the fastest ICBMs in the world, with a final acceleration of over 20 mach. The new trains will be able to withstand the shock wave of a nuclear warhead and will be able to travel up to one thousand kilometers a day at 100 kilometers with a one-month autonomy.
Moscow would have already put into production five "trains of death".
