Topol-M complexes. After 2000, the rail-based missiles were also gradually withdrawn from service, with the remaining 15 decommissioned in August 2005. In that same year, Nikolay Solovtsov, then commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, officially announced retirement of the RT-23 rail-based complex. The last RT-23 ICBM in Russia was eliminated in April 2008. Its successor, BZhRK Barguzin, was reportedly under development for the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), but in 2017 it was announced the project had been frozen due to insufficient funding. Versions Former оperators and The Strategic Missile Troops were the only operators of the RT-23 until the breakup of the Soviet Union. Silo-based with 46th Rocket Division in Pervomaisk and 60th Rocket Division in Tatischevo. Rail-based with 10th Rocket Division in Kostroma region, 52nd Rocket Division in Zvyozdny, Perm region, and 36th Rocket Division in Kedrovy, Krasnoyarsk region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine inherited 46 silo-based RT-23 missiles stationed in Pervomaisk upon independence from the Soviet Union. Gallery See also BZhRK Barguzin DF-5 DF-41 LGM-30 Minuteman Peacekeeper Rail Garrison R-36 (missile) RS-24 Yars RS-26 Rubezh RS-28 Sarmat RT-2PM Topol RT-2PM2 Topol-M Strategic Missile Forces UR-100N KN-23 References External links Russian nuclear forces 2005 (Gated) Global Security information SS-24 Scalpel – RT-23 – More photos БЖРК - Боевой Железнодорожный Ракетный Комплекс (YouTube) - BZhRK archive footage Cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union RT-023 Railway weapons Soviet inventions RT-023 Military equipment introduced in the 1980s