New Russian-made RS-26 intercontinental ballistic missile could enter in service for 2016 2612141.

“We are continuing the test program for RS-26 and plan to finish it next year, with the missile to be put on combat duty in 2016,” Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev is cited as saying by RIA Novosti.

Previously, the Russian deputy prime minister in charge of defense, Dmitry Rogozin, referred to the RS-26 as “the ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) killer.”

The RS-26 Rubezh is a solid-fuel missile with an advanced splitting warhead, which is launched from a mobile platform. It was designed at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, apparently under the codenames Rubezh (Frontier), or Avangard (Vanguard). According to RIA Novosti, the new missile has been test-fired previously on at least four occasions, with three tests registered as successful.

The last test launch was made on June 6, 2013, , the source said. This is the only launch that was officially confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defense. No details about the missiles have been provided.

The first launch of RS-26 was carried out on September 27, 2011 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region and ended with a failure. The missile fell about ten kilometers far from the launch pad.

The new RS-26 missile could be be carried on the new Belarus truck chassis MZKT-79291.