Russia suspends development of its next-gen rail-mobile ICBM complex

The Russian military has abandoned the development of a next-generation rail-mobile missile system due to a lack of funding, according to the newspaper Kommersant. The “Barguzin” is being shelved for the foreseeable future for the sake of investments in other weapons systems. Russia’s next ten-year armaments plan includes no money for the Barguzin, which the military has been developing since 2012.

The rail-based missile system is described as a “nuclear train” capable of carrying six ICBMs. The USSR once operated 12 “nuclear trains,” but they were all decommissioned in the early 2000s.