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by stickfigure 5 days ago
> There's a reason all modern silo based (and submarine) ICBMs are solids.

Believe it or not, here in 2026, this is incorrect!

Those crazy Russians:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-29RMU_Sineva

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-29RMU2_Lajner

UDMH + nitrogen tetroxide.

I would not want to be a Russian submariner. For all sorts of reasons.

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To be fair, while these missiles are still in service they're obsolete and are slated for retirement the coming decade.
The most recent started service in 2014. They may in fact be obsolete but not because they are old by soviet standards.