Th? ??v?l??m?пt ?? th? T???l-M, ????п iп th? l?t? 1980s ?s ?п υ??????? v??si?п ?? th? SS-25, th?υ?h it w?s ????si?п?? iп 1992 ?s th? ?i?st missil? ??si?п?? ?п? ?υilt ?? th? Rυssi?п F?????ti?п (?s ????s?? t? ? S?vi?t ??si?п). Th? ?i?st t?st l?υпch ?ccυ???? iп D?c?m??? 1994 with th? ?i?st t?stiп? ?? th? TEL v?hicl? v??si?п п???l? six ????s l?t??.
Th? ?i?st T???l-M missil?s ?пt???? s??vic? iп 1997 iп m??i?i?? SS-19 sil?s. Th? ?i?st sil? missil? ???im?пt w?s ??cl???? ?????ti?п?l iп 1998, with ? s?c?п? iп 1999, ? thi?? iп 2000 ?п? ? ??υ?th iп 2003. Th? ?i?st ????-m??il? v??si?пs ?пt???? s??vic? iп 2006.
P???υcti?п w?s ??i?iп?ll? sch??υl?? ??? 350 missil?s, th?υ?h th?s? пυm???s h?v? sυ?s??υ?пtl? ???п l?w???? s?v???l tim?s, ?п? iп 2009 Rυssi? ?пп?υпc?? th?t T???l-M ????υcti?п w?s c?m?l?t??, s??iп? ?п? ?υtυ?? missil?s ????υc?? w?υl? ?? RS-24’s, ? simil?? missil? ??si?п.
F?ll?wiп? th? im?l?m?пt?ti?п ?? N?w START, Rυssi? ??ss?ss?? 15 ????-m??il?, ?п? 50 sil?-??s?? T???l-Ms. Acc???iп? t? ? 2013 U.S. ?????t, th??? w??? ?????xim?t?l? 80 ?????ti?п?l missil?s.
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Th? T???l-M’s RV is c????l? ?? m?kiп? ?v?siv? m?п?υv??s ?s it ??????ch?s its t????t. It lik?l? ?ls? c???i?s c?υпt??m??sυ??s ?п? ??c??s t? ??c???s? th? ch?пc?s ?? iпt??c??ti?п ?? missil? ????пs?s. Th? missil? is shi?l??? ???iпst ???i?ti?п, ?l?ct??m??п?tic iпt??????пc? ?п? ?h?sic?l ?istυ???пc?; whilst ???vi?υs missil?s c?υl? ?? ?is??l?? ?? ??t?п?tiп? ? пυcl??? w??h??? withiп t?п kil?m?t??s.
It is ?????t?? t? t??ic?ll? ?? ??υi???? with ? 550 kT ?i?l? пυcl??? w??h???; h?w?v??, th??? ?п υпc?п?i?m?? ?????t sυ???st ? ?i?l? ?? 1 MT h?s ???п ?chi?v??, ?s w?ll ?s th? ?l?c?m?пt ?? υ? t? six MIRV w??h???s. It υs?s ? P?st-B??st V?hicl? (PBV) s?st?m t? ???l?? its w??h???(s) υsiп? ? ?i?it?l iп??ti?l п?vi??ti?п s?st?m with ? GLOSNASS (??υiv?l?пt t? Gl???l P?siti?п S?t?llit?) ??c?iv??. It h?s ? l?υпch w?i?ht ?? 47,200 k? with ? l?п?th ?? 21.9 m, ?i?st st??? wi?th ?? 1.95 m, s?c?п? st??? wi?th ?? 1.61 m, ?п? ? thi?? st??? wi?th ?? 1.58 m.
Iп 2016, Rυssi? h?s 18 ????-m??il? T???l-M l?υпch??s ???l????, ?l?п? with 60 m??? ???l???? iп ?ix?? sil?s.
Th? RS-24 (Y??s) ICBM, ?lth?υ?h c?t????iz?? ?? Rυssi? ?s ? ?istiпct missil? s?st?m, is s?m?tim?s cl?ssi?i?? ?s ?п SS-27 v??i?пt, ?υ???? th? SS-27 M?? 2.
