MOSCOW. Feb 14 (Interfax-AVN) - Four silos for Topol-M strategic missiles are ready for commissioning in the town of Tatishchevo in the Saratov region, Colonel General Alexander Kosovan, deputy defense minister and chief of construction and troops quartering said on Thursday.
"Four silos are ready, two more are in the making. We are a bit ahead of schedule in that work," Kosovan told reporters in Moscow.
According to him, if the Defense Ministry purchases six missiles, eight silos will be built for them. "We will fully accomplish the mission of putting on combat duty the items that will be produced by our industry and we will do it ahead of schedule," Kosovan stressed.