As of July 2010, the Russian strategic forces included
605 strategic delivery platforms,
which can carry up to 2667
nuclear warheads. The Strategic Rocket Forces
have 369 operational missile systems of four types that can carry 1247 warheads.
The strategic fleet includes 12 strategic missile
submarines. Their 160 missiles can carry 576 nuclear warheads.
Strategic aviation bomber force consists
of 76 bombers that can carry up to 844 long-range cruise missiles.
In September 2010 the space-based tier of the early
warning system included two operational satellites on highly
elliptical orbits.
One of the satellites of the Russian space-based early-warning system, Cosmos-2440, has most likely completed its operations. The geostationary satellite launched in June 2008 has been drifting off its station at 80 degrees East since February 2010, when it failed...
On September 2, 2010 at 04:53:50 MSK (00:53:50 UTC) the Space Forces conducted a successful launch of a Proton-M launcher from the Baykonur launch site. The launch took place from the launch pad No. 24 of the launch complex No....
One of the Tu-160 strategic bombers, No. 04 Ivan Yarygin, returned to service after an overhaul at the Kazan Aviation Plant. The bomber was counted as deployed during overhaul, so this move does not affect the total number of operational...
K-51 Verkhoturie submarine of the Project 667BDRM/Delta IV class arrived to the Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk for a scheduled repair and overhaul. K-51 Verkhoturie was the first ship of its class to undergo an overhaul - it was completed in...
On August 6, 2010 at 19:15 MSK (15:15 UTC), the K-114 Tula submarine of the Project 667BDRM class of the Northern Fleet successfully conducted a salvo launch of two R-29RM Sineva missiles. The launch was conducted from a submerged submarine...
Submarines of the Project 667BDR/Delta III class are fairly old - most of them began their service in the 1970s. Nevertheless, the subs seem to be operational - two submarines conducted successful launches of their missiles in October 2009. Still,...
Cosmos-2462, a photo-reconnaissance satellite of the Kobalt-M class, launched on April 16, 2010, completed its mission and reentered on July 21, 2010. The satellite worked about three month, which is normal for these satellites - its predecessor, Cosmos-2450, worked from...
It has arrived indeed. The long-awaited news about RS-24 deployment came today from Farnborough, where Vladimir Popovkin, the first deputy minister of defense, was speaking to the press (the news caught me in my French class, hence the title). Although...
Russian press reports quote a source in the Russian Navy as saying that flight tests of the Bulava missile will resume in August 2010. Earlier it was reported that the tests will resume in the fall. The navy are planning...
Since the beginning of the New START Treaty deliberations and hearings in the U.S. Senate a couple of months ago, the Republicans appear to have settled on a set of objections and talking points that they hope could help defeat...
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