Strategic missile forces museum in Ukraine
The Strategic Missile Forces Museum in Ukraine is a military museum located near the town of Pobuzke (Побузьке), in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, about 250 kilometres (160 mi) south of Kyiv. It was built around the remains of a former underground Unified Command Post (UCP) for RT-23/SS-24 Molodets ICBM rockets.
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The RT-23/SS-24 missile silo located inside the museum
Strategic Missile Forces Museum - missile R-12
Component of the equipment of 11th UCP compartment
The RT-23 Molodets was a cold-launched, three-stage, solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile developed and produced before 1991 by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine. It came in silo- and rail-based variants, and was armed with 10 MIRV warheads of 550 kt yield. All missiles were decommissioned by 2005 in accordance with the START II.
BZhRK three-car autonomous launching module
The overhead line short-circuiting and diverting mechanism
Railcar outriggers, deployed before launch
RT-23 BZhRK at Varshavsky railway station. Now moved to Russian Railway Museum.