what sort of missile is a topol-m missile?

Question

i have only heard about it, which country makes it and do other countires have it?

Answer 1

Russia manufactures the SS-27 Topol-M, but does not sell it abroad, unlike so much of their military hardware. It is their most advanced ICBM (InterContinental Ballistic Missile), and is intended to replace the SS-18 SATAN missiles. Under the terms of the START II treaty with the United States, they're supposed to carry only a single RV (reentry vehicle - a bomb), but the throw weight of the SS-27 would allow it to carry from 3-6 warheads, a configuration called MIRV (Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicles - the "independent" signifying that one missile could strike multiple targets - not all the warheads have to be inlined on a single target).

More worrisome from a U.S. perspective is the capability of the SS-27 to carry a MARV - a maneuverable re-entry vehicle. Once released from the post-boost vehicle, the MARV doesn't have to follow a straight, downward trajectory - it can jink, move from side to side, and complicate any anti-ballistic missile systems targeting. In fact, one could argue that a MARV is designed with the express intent of defeating an enemy missile defense "shield."

Also, unlike today's U.S. ICBM fleet, which are all in permanent, hardened silos, the Russians plan to deploy at least some SS-27s on rail- and road-mobile launchers, again making them difficult weapons to counter, since we can't fix a sensor on all the known locations of the launchers.

Answer 2

It's a Russian missile built today only at the Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering.

Answer 3

ballistic suborbital, nuclear capable (small warhead)