Russia’s missile forces have loaded a new Yars intercontinental ballistic missile into a mine at the Kozelsk base in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

Russian convoys with the Yars nuclear missile.Photo: Not provided / WillWest News / Profimedia

The 23-meter-long RS-24 (Yars) missile is designed to carry several independent targeting systems that allow the missile to launch several nuclear warheads at different targets.

“The Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was loaded into the mine launcher at the Kozelsky strategic missile launch complex,” Moscow’s Ministry of Defense reported.

The Ministry of Defense released a video showing a giant rocket being transported to a bunker and loaded into a mine. The video was accompanied by loud rock music.

This is the second Russian propaganda video this week about Yars missiles, after a video about a new regiment in the Strategic Missile Forces was released on Friday.

Russia has the world’s largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, followed by the United States. Together, Russia and the United States control more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons.

According to the Federation of American Scientists, Russia has about 5,889 nuclear warheads, while the United States has about 5,244. Of these, Russia and the United States have about 1,670 deployed strategic nuclear warheads.