 Russia installs massive intercontinental ballistic missile. Russia has installed its intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 12,000 kilometers, raising fears of possible military confrontation with the West. The Russian Yars rocket was loaded on a silo at the Kosilsk military compound in Moscow's Kaluga region. The Russian Defense Ministry released a footage of the ballistic missile on Wednesday. The ministry says that the missile was installed in the silo using a special transport and loading unit in an operation that took several hours. The missile installed in Kaluga is 12 times greater than the American bombs that destroyed Hiroshima, according to Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Prouda. The paper gave other specifications of the missile, such as a payload of up to 500 kilotons. The missile reportedly weighs 49,000 kilograms. Its operational range would allow Russia to strike the US or anywhere in Europe. The division commander Alexei Sokolov explains that the exercise was meant to send a message to the West, as both the US and the UK were within the range. The Yars is a modification of the Topol and missile system, which was first deployed in 2009.