Blog archive
May 2008
[May 07, 2008: Dmitry Medvedev is the new Supreme Commander of Russian armed forces] [May 06, 2008: Nuclear cooperation agreement signed]
April 2008
[Apr 29, 2008: Russia added new Tu-160 to its bomber force] [Apr 28, 2008: Submarine patrols in 2007] [Apr 26, 2008: Tatishchevo on IMINT blog] [Apr 20, 2008: One plutonium production reactor in Seversk to be shut down] [Apr 18, 2008: The realities of nuclear fuel supply guarantees] [Apr 15, 2008: Leo Szilard Award] [Apr 06, 2008: Yet another strategic framework] [Apr 03, 2008: START data provide update of the status of the Russian forces] [Apr 01, 2008: Project 667BRDM submarines and Sineva missiles]
March 2008
[Mar 20, 2008: Cosmos-2421 completed its mission] [Mar 17, 2008: Ministers try to deal with that missile defense issue again] [Mar 06, 2008: Bombers and aircraft carriers] [Mar 04, 2008: Arms race then and now] [Mar 03, 2008: Bulava stays] [Mar 01, 2008: U.S.-Russian agreement on nuclear cooperation stalled]
February 2008
[Feb 29, 2008: The U.S. satellite shootdown: An unnecessary action] [Feb 27, 2008: USA 193 debris] [Feb 27, 2008: Rocket forces launch plans for 2008] [Feb 27, 2008: Topol-M deployment in 2008] [Feb 20, 2008: USA 193 intercept] [Feb 15, 2008: Recklessness race in space] [Feb 14, 2008: United States is planning an anti-satellite test?] [Feb 13, 2008: Yuri Dolgoruky launched] [Feb 12, 2008: Where is the treaty?] [Feb 06, 2008: Russia will shut down plutonium production reactors ahead of schedule]
January 2008
[Jan 31, 2008: What is legally binding?] [Jan 31, 2008: More on space surveillance: Okno and Krona] [Jan 29, 2008: The truth about Russia's military "resurgence"] [Jan 27, 2008: Angara launcher to be ready in 2011] [Jan 25, 2008: Russia pulls out of an early-warning arrangement with Ukraine] [Jan 24, 2008: Russia and Ukraine will maintain R-36M2 missiles] [Jan 23, 2008: Military-industrial commission to consider Bulava] [Jan 23, 2008: Bryansk submarine is back from overhaul] [Jan 19, 2008: Baluyevskiy prepares to strike] [Jan 15, 2008: Toward a Nuclear-Free World] [Jan 10, 2008: Space surveillance facilities] [Jan 10, 2008: Four silo-based Topol-Ms begin service] [Jan 06, 2008: Russia produced new Tu-160 bomber]
December 2007
[Dec 31, 2007: Russian forces in 2007] [Dec 29, 2007: Delay with the early-warning radar at Armavir] [Dec 29, 2007: Russia is modernizing the Don-2N radar] [Dec 25, 2007: Second Glonass launch of 2007] [Dec 25, 2007: Second test launch of RS-24 ICBM] [Dec 25, 2007: Second launch of R-29RM Sineva in December] [Dec 20, 2007: How Russia's nuclear fuel delivery to Iran benefits nonproliferation] [Dec 17, 2007: Test launch of R-29RM SLBM] [Dec 16, 2007: Three more mobile Topol-Ms] [Dec 14, 2007: Persona launch postponed] [Dec 09, 2007: Launch of the a Raduga/Globus military communication satellite] [Dec 08, 2007: Missile defense countermeasures tested in Topol launch]
November 2007
[Nov 20, 2007: Bulava test history] [Nov 14, 2007: Another failed test of Bulava?] [Nov 12, 2007: U.S. nuclear weapons security -- a "silly" notion]
October 2007
[Oct 30, 2007: Second ABM interceptor test in October] [Oct 29, 2007: Successful test of a UR-100NUTTH/SS-19 missile] [Oct 26, 2007: First Glonass launch of 2007] [Oct 24, 2007: Signs of progress on missile defense?] [Oct 23, 2007: Launch of Cosmos-2430 early-warning satellite] [Oct 22, 2007: First Project 955 submarine will carry 16 missiles] [Oct 21, 2007: Putin's "grandiose" plans] [Oct 18, 2007: Launch of Topol extends its service life] [Oct 18, 2007: Russia and nuclear disarmament] [Oct 11, 2007: Test of an interceptor]
September 2007
[Sep 28, 2007: Missile Defense in Europe: Dangers and Opportunities] [Sep 25, 2007: Project 667BDR submarines are staying?] [Sep 13, 2007: U.S. loose nukes] [Sep 11, 2007: Launch of Cosmos-2429 Parus navigation satellite] [Sep 08, 2007: Closure of Kozelsk base and the future of UR-100NUTTH/SS-19] [Sep 05, 2007: Nuclear mix-up] [Sep 05, 2007: Early-warning satellite is drifting off station] [Sep 05, 2007: More bomber flights] [Sep 04, 2007: Solomonov confirms that RS-24 is MIRVed Topol-M] [Sep 03, 2007: Church and nuclear weapons?]
August 2007
[Aug 29, 2007: Ted Postol on missile defense in Eastern Europe] [Aug 23, 2007: Cosmos-2427 completed its mission] [Aug 22, 2007: Russia is working on new early-warning satellites] [Aug 20, 2007: Do Russian bombers carry nuclear weapons?] [Aug 17, 2007: This is not a test - Russia resumes bomber patrols] [Aug 17, 2007: RS-24 missile: it's "Yars", not "Yarts"] [Aug 17, 2007: Strategic aviation exercise keeps growing] [Aug 15, 2007: How to make U.S.-Russian relations meaningful] [Aug 15, 2007: Bershet missile base is liquidated] [Aug 08, 2007: Cartwright on START and Global Prompt Strike] [Aug 08, 2007: Strategic aviation exercise] [Aug 07, 2007: Test launch of R-29R missile from the Pacific]
July 2007
[Jul 30, 2007: Updated map of early-warning radar coverage] [Jul 24, 2007: Members of Congress urge President Bush to extend START Treaty] [Jul 24, 2007: R-29RM Sineva missile officially accepted for service] [Jul 18, 2007: Russian bombers and Britain] [Jul 13, 2007: Russia will no longer use early-warning radars in Ukraine] [Jul 13, 2007: Update on Topol-M deployment plans] [Jul 12, 2007: Bulava test was not quite successful?] [Jul 12, 2007: RS-24 and Topol-M side by side] [Jul 11, 2007: Ted Postol on Russian missile defense proposal] [Jul 10, 2007: Presidential decree lists Russia’s military nuclear facilities] [Jul 10, 2007: Tu-160 bombers take part in an exercise] [Jul 09, 2007: Jane’s cover story] [Jul 06, 2007: Is RS-24 a new missile?] [Jul 03, 2007: Looking for a “post-START arrangement”] [Jul 03, 2007: Why START is important] [Jul 02, 2007: Russia calls for broader cooperation] [Jul 02, 2007: U.S. and Russia initial the 123 agreement]
June 2007
[Jun 29, 2007: Launch of Cosmos-2428, the last Tselina-2 electronic intelligence satellite] [Jun 28, 2007: Successful test of Bulava] [Jun 28, 2007: Genesis II launch from Dombarovsky] [Jun 21, 2007: Tselina-2 launch scheduled for next week] [Jun 20, 2007: New concept of air and space defense approved] [Jun 15, 2007: R-36MUTTH/SS-18 missile launches German satellite] [Jun 07, 2007: Cosmos-2427 - new Kobalt-M optical reconnaissance satellite] [Jun 07, 2007: A joint U.S.-Russian missile defense site in Azerbaijan?]
May 2007
[May 29, 2007: Russia tested a new missile] [May 23, 2007: The U.S. and Russia's "ludicrous" missile defense rhetoric] [May 17, 2007: How many warheads?]
April 2007
[Apr 30, 2007: Boris Yeltsin's arms control legacy] [Apr 27, 2007: Irresponsible rhetoric] [Apr 26, 2007: New START data released] [Apr 24, 2007: A U.S.-Russian missile defense cooperative?] [Apr 15, 2007: Russia launches the first Project 955 submarine] [Apr 06, 2007: Puzzles of the 2007 missile deployment plan] [Apr 05, 2007: Conventional Trident is back?] [Apr 03, 2007: Early-warning constellation is down to two satellites] [Apr 03, 2007: Bulava will be ready on time?] [Apr 02, 2007: An exercise in the Rocket Forces]
March 2007
[Mar 26, 2007: Behind Russia and Iran's Nuclear Reactor Dispute] [Mar 24, 2007: Are the United States and Russia discussing START?] [Mar 20, 2007: Ultimatum on Bushehr fuel?] [Mar 19, 2007: First Project 955 submarine to be launched in April] [Mar 15, 2007: 123 agreement is almost ready] [Mar 05, 2007: Cosmos-2393 ended operations?]
February 2007
[Feb 28, 2007: Missiles old and new] [Feb 26, 2007: Missile defense: the Russian reaction] [Feb 22, 2007: Missiles, their lives and readiness] [Feb 19, 2007: Delays with the Bushehr reactor] [Feb 15, 2007: New minister of defense] [Feb 07, 2007: Details of the 2007-2015 armament program]
January 2007
[Jan 26, 2007: Launches of military satellites in 2007] [Jan 19, 2007: Is China repeating the old Soviet and U.S. mistakes?] [Jan 17, 2007: Life after START]
December 2006
[Dec 31, 2006: 2006: Year end update] [Dec 26, 2006: Contradictory reports about Bulava test] [Dec 25, 2006: Three Glonass-M navigation satellites join constellation] [Dec 24, 2006: Launch of Meridian communication satellite] [Dec 22, 2006: The early-warning radar in Lekhtusi entered service] [Dec 21, 2006: R-36M2 test launch from Dombarovsky] [Dec 18, 2006: MIRVing Topol-M and other missile business] [Dec 18, 2006: Glonass and common sense] [Dec 10, 2006: First mobile Topol-M missiles became operational] [Dec 05, 2006: Test of an ABM interceptor]
November 2006
[Nov 24, 2006: Topol-M missiles arrived to Teykovo] [Nov 21, 2006: End of Cosmos-2423 mission] [Nov 18, 2006: Cosmos-2423 satellite sheds fragments] [Nov 17, 2006: Plans for 2007 are taking shape] [Nov 15, 2006: Mayak storage facility is in business] [Nov 09, 2006: Launch of an SS-19 missile from Baykonur]
October 2006
[Oct 25, 2006: Second failure of Bulava] [Oct 23, 2006: First mobile Topol-M in Teykovo] [Oct 18, 2006: Sanctions and the Bushehr reactor] [Oct 14, 2006: Tracking Topol-Ms] [Oct 13, 2006: START data show few changes in Russian forces] [Oct 07, 2006: Russia and the Prompt Global Strike]
September 2006
[Sep 29, 2006: Large-scale bomber exercise] [Sep 26, 2006: Russia and Iran agreed on reactor launch date] [Sep 25, 2006: No, Russian submarines do not carry tactical nuclear weapons] [Sep 15, 2006: Liability protocol signed] [Sep 15, 2006: Do Russian attack submarines carry nuclear weapons?] [Sep 14, 2006: Cosmos-2423 – the last Don photoreconnaissance satellite] [Sep 13, 2006: How many submarines are on patrol?] [Sep 13, 2006: Dates of some military satellite launches are available] [Sep 10, 2006: Launch of a R-29R missile from the Pacific] [Sep 09, 2006: Arctic launch of a R-29RM Sineva missile] [Sep 08, 2006: Ship the fuel to Iran] [Sep 07, 2006: Failed flight test of Bulava]
August 2006
[Aug 25, 2006: Russia wants to pull out of the INF Treaty] [Aug 24, 2006: Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers launch cruise missiles] [Aug 22, 2006: Nuclear primacy again] [Aug 08, 2006: Multiple (as in “up to 38”) warheads] [Aug 03, 2006: Successful test launch of a Topol missile]
July 2006
[Jul 28, 2006: Everything has limits] [Jul 21, 2006: Cosmos-2422 launch seems to aim at upgrading the early warning system] [Jul 21, 2006: Successful launch of a (new early warning?) satellite] [Jul 18, 2006: Missile defense in the Caucasus] [Jul 13, 2006: 69 more Topol-Ms by 2015] [Jul 12, 2006: Russia will burn excess plutonium in breeder] [Jul 12, 2006: First launch from Dombarovsky/Yasnyy] [Jul 11, 2006: Rosatom on the defensive about foreign spent fuel] [Jul 08, 2006: Nuclear cooperation agreement will be reached at the G8 summit] [Jul 07, 2006: Strategic forces decade from now] [Jul 05, 2006: Did Russian early-warning radars see North Korean missiles?] [Jul 05, 2006: Tu-160 returns from overhaul] [Jul 04, 2006: Problems with Cosmos-2421] [Jul 04, 2006: A new US-KS/Oko satellite?]
June 2006
[Jun 30, 2006: Ukrainian cruise missiles again] [Jun 30, 2006: Test launch of a R-29RM Sineva missile] [Jun 27, 2006: More Topol-Ms] [Jun 25, 2006: Launch of Cosmos-2421 naval reconnaissance satellite] [Jun 13, 2006: Tactical nukes suddenly spark controversy] [Jun 08, 2006: JDEC? What JDEC?]
May 2006
[May 31, 2006: The missile dispute heats up] [May 29, 2006: Mixing nuclear and conventional warheads is a very bad idea] [May 27, 2006: Space launch from a submarine] [May 24, 2006: Missile defense interceptors in Poland] [May 23, 2006: Glonass may get a boost] [May 10, 2006: Russia warns about dangers of accidental launch] [May 09, 2006: U.S.-Russian nuclear cooperation agreement] [May 07, 2006: MOX facility in Russia is unlikely] [May 05, 2006: Military launches in 2006 - eight more to go] [May 04, 2006: Launch of Cosmos-2420 Kobalt-M optical reconnaissance satellite] [May 03, 2006: Submarine fleet overhaul?]
April 2006
[Apr 30, 2006: Site upgrade] [Apr 23, 2006: Test of a new re-entry vehicle] [Apr 20, 2006: Cosmos-2405 completed its mission] [Apr 19, 2006: A new early-warning satellite is left without a launcher?] [Apr 18, 2006: Missile competition?] [Apr 14, 2006: Strategic aviation exercise] [Apr 14, 2006: Dr. Strangelove meets reality] [Apr 13, 2006: Kosmos-3M launches moved to Kapustin Yar] [Apr 03, 2006: START data: old systems replaced by new] [Apr 03, 2006: Bulava has six warheads] [Apr 03, 2006: Large conventional explosions]
March 2006
[Mar 31, 2006: Russia discusses nuclear weapons] [Mar 28, 2006: Ukrainian SS-19 missiles keep disappearing] [Mar 22, 2006: Tu-95MS exercise] [Mar 20, 2006: The military-industrial commission: one more time] [Mar 19, 2006: Third Project 955 Borey submarine] [Mar 16, 2006: Old intelligence data on Moscow ABM interceptor sites] [Mar 14, 2006: Topol-M deployment in 2006] [Mar 13, 2006: Bomber modernization program] [Mar 10, 2006: Speaking of nuclear primacy] [Mar 06, 2006: In a (not very) high degree of readiness] [Mar 06, 2006: Suggestions for site redesign] [Mar 05, 2006: 2005 Koufax Awards Nominations] [Mar 05, 2006: Ukraine will help extend life of SS-18 missiles]
February 2006
[Feb 28, 2006: Russian CTBT monitoring stations] [Feb 14, 2006: Sorting out bomber numbers] [Feb 09, 2006: Voronezh-DM's potential] [Feb 03, 2006: Even fewer missiles] [Feb 02, 2006: A new blog on U.S. nuclear policy]
January 2006
[Jan 31, 2006: A few missiles less] [Jan 31, 2006: Voronezh-DM radar is in Lekhtusi] [Jan 31, 2006: "Hypersonic missile". Again?] [Jan 30, 2006: Military launches from Plesetsk in 2006] [Jan 26, 2006: Russia will get one more Borey submarine] [Jan 19, 2006: Space Forces to move to Plesetsk] [Jan 18, 2006: Generational change] [Jan 13, 2006: Creative bomber accounting] [Jan 12, 2006: Strategic mismatch] [Jan 12, 2006: Tula submarine is back from overhaul] [Jan 11, 2006: Radars and pipelines]
December 2005
[Dec 28, 2005: New Glonass satellites in the constellation] [Dec 26, 2005: Glonass is getting presidential attention] [Dec 25, 2005: Launch of Glonass navigation satellites] [Dec 21, 2005: Launch of two communication satellites - Gonets-M and Cosmos-2416] [Dec 21, 2005: Successful launch of a Bulava missile] [Dec 20, 2005: Tu-160 aquisition plans for 2006] [Dec 17, 2005: Fifth Topol-M regiment is being deployed] [Dec 04, 2005: Kosmos-3M production will resume] [Dec 02, 2005: One more Bulava launch in 2005] [Dec 01, 2005: Acquisition plans for 2006]
November 2005
[Nov 29, 2005: Strela-3 is now Rodnik?] [Nov 29, 2005: Test launch of a Topol missile] [Nov 23, 2005: Kobalt-M and other reconnaissance satellites] [Nov 22, 2005: No new Tu-160 in 2005] [Nov 22, 2005: Borey submarine launch postponed until 2007] [Nov 21, 2005: No more Kosmos-3M launches from Plesetsk?] [Nov 21, 2005: Military budget numbers for 2006] [Nov 21, 2005: New missiles and old silos] [Nov 21, 2005: “Hopelessly outdated”] [Nov 15, 2005: New head of Rosatom] [Nov 11, 2005: Closed cities] [Nov 08, 2005: MOX facility in Russia] [Nov 08, 2005: Spent fuel and oil oligarchs in unexpected places] [Nov 08, 2005: U.S.-Russian Cooperation] [Nov 07, 2005: Nuclear taboo] [Nov 07, 2005: Guaranteeing the guarantee] [Nov 07, 2005: Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference] [Nov 02, 2005: Confusion about Topols] [Nov 01, 2005: Test of anti-missile defense capabilities of ballistic missiles]
October 2005
[Oct 27, 2005: The military unit at Baikonur to be disbanded] [Oct 26, 2005: The state of readiness] [Oct 25, 2005: First space launches from Dombarovsky?] [Oct 23, 2005: Cosmos-2415 has landed] [Oct 20, 2005: Reliability of the SS-19 missile] [Oct 20, 2005: Test launch of a SS-19 missile] [Oct 07, 2005: Moscow ABM interceptor sites] [Oct 07, 2005: Demonstrator has been lost] [Oct 06, 2005: Bulava and Topol-M side by side] [Oct 06, 2005: Changes in the strategic forces – July 2005 data exchange] [Oct 05, 2005: Bulava designations]
September 2005
[Sep 30, 2005: Test launch of a R-29R missile] [Sep 27, 2005: First flight test of the Bulava missile] [Sep 24, 2005: The Angara launch complex is inching on] [Sep 23, 2005: New warheads for R-29RM Sineva] [Sep 22, 2005: Ukrainian SS-19 missiles] [Sep 20, 2005: Military activity at Baykonur will end in 2007?] [Sep 19, 2005: Exercise in the rocket forces] [Sep 15, 2005: No takers for the spent fuel storage plan] [Sep 05, 2005: Svobodnyy will be closed?] [Sep 04, 2005: New commander-in-chief of the Navy] [Sep 04, 2005: It is Yantar-1KFT/Kometa after all] [Sep 02, 2005: Kometa or Orlets?] [Sep 02, 2005: Launch of Cosmos-2415 reconnaissance satellite]
August 2005
[Aug 30, 2005: A (Yantar-1KFT/Kometa?) launch is set for September 2nd] [Aug 27, 2005: Tu-95MS in Russian-Chinese exercises] [Aug 26, 2005: MIRVed Bulava for Rocket Forces] [Aug 17, 2005: Bombers and submarines launch missiles during exercises] [Aug 10, 2005: Conventional roles of strategic aviation] [Aug 10, 2005: Missile launch from Baykonur planned] [Aug 08, 2005: Norway Black Brant letter] [Aug 06, 2005: Baykonur on Google Earth] [Aug 05, 2005: Russian public opinion on nuclear weapons] [Aug 05, 2005: Strategic bomber exercise] [Aug 04, 2005: SS-25 Topol life extended to 20 years] [Aug 03, 2005: Russia will keep SS-19 missiles]
July 2005
[Jul 28, 2005: The end of Kartaly] [Jul 28, 2005: More delays with submarine construction] [Jul 16, 2005: Military launches in 2005 - do we have the full picture now?] [Jul 14, 2005: Money for military space] [Jul 06, 2005: Production of Kosmos-3M launchers will resume?] [Jul 06, 2005: Less and less optimistic on Bulava] [Jul 03, 2005: Missiles are hard to get rid of]
June 2005
[Jun 22, 2005: Tula submarine is nearing end of overhaul] [Jun 22, 2005: Keeping nuclear warheads fresh (and safe)] [Jun 21, 2005: Not a day for space launches] [Jun 21, 2005: Early-warning radars on Google Maps] [Jun 21, 2005: Molniya-M launch failure] [Jun 20, 2005: Molniya launch failure] [Jun 20, 2005: Elimination of rail-mobile SS-24 missiles] [Jun 20, 2005: It's Molniya-3K] [Jun 18, 2005: Reliability of the SS-18 missile] [Jun 16, 2005: Glonass - to the masses] [Jun 10, 2005: Russia and the SBX missile defense radar] [Jun 08, 2005: A miltary launch in June 2005] [Jun 08, 2005: I got the number of military launches in 2005 wrong] [Jun 01, 2005: The perils of [a former] empire]
May 2005
[May 26, 2005: Plans for a new early-warning radar] [May 26, 2005: Test of a Kh-555 cruise missile] [May 25, 2005: Blackout in Moscow] [May 24, 2005: Last missile at Kartaly] [May 20, 2005: Arms race in space?] [May 17, 2005: Deeper reductions?] [May 12, 2005: Bizarre world of Russian politics] [May 09, 2005: Progess on liability at last?] [May 05, 2005: Long life of SS-18] [May 05, 2005: Silos for a rainy day] [May 04, 2005: Minister's troubles] [May 02, 2005: Rockot, Tsyklon and "dirty" launchers]
April 2005
[Apr 28, 2005: MOX is not dead?] [Apr 27, 2005: Ambitious plans for Bulava] [Apr 27, 2005: No mobile Topol-M in 2005 after all] [Apr 22, 2005: Nuclear notebook] [Apr 21, 2005: Fuel for Iran] [Apr 20, 2005: Third rail] [Apr 19, 2005: Plutonium production reactors - better late than never] [Apr 18, 2005: Nuclear weapons security - this time in the U.S.] [Apr 18, 2005: Just business] [Apr 15, 2005: No more closed cities?] [Apr 14, 2005: Mayak is under investigation] [Apr 13, 2005: Of course we are against] [Apr 13, 2005: If this is a high-priority program...] [Apr 06, 2005: Military satellite takes a back seat?] [Apr 05, 2005: The future of Dombarovsky, again] [Apr 04, 2005: START data reflect changes in the Russian strategic forces] [Apr 01, 2005: Space launches are cheap] [Apr 01, 2005: Serious (but expected) cuts in the missile force]
March 2005
[Mar 29, 2005: Rather rocky target range] [Mar 29, 2005: Strategic bomber exercise] [Mar 25, 2005: Dombarovsky and START I] [Mar 23, 2005: Cruise missile numbers don't add up] [Mar 22, 2005: Space launches from Dombarovsky] [Mar 21, 2005: Ukrainian cruise missiles] [Mar 16, 2005: Fast breeders as plutonium burners] [Mar 11, 2005: Where does the HEU money go?] [Mar 10, 2005: INF Treaty] [Mar 10, 2005: Excess plutonium problems] [Mar 07, 2005: Russia to resume nuclear tests in two years?] [Mar 03, 2005: Glonass deployment - steady, but slow] [Mar 03, 2005: Minister of [missile] defense [sales]] [Mar 02, 2005: Miracle missile every month]
February 2005
[Feb 28, 2005: Not so hidden progress] [Feb 28, 2005: Problems with Glonass-M?] [Feb 27, 2005: Hidden progress?] [Feb 26, 2005: Nuclear market power] [Feb 23, 2005: Locations, locations] [Feb 17, 2005: Progress on the taxes and liabilities agreement?] [Feb 17, 2005: MUF or creative nuclear accounting] [Feb 13, 2005: Putin's miracle weapon: the plot thickens] [Feb 11, 2005: U.S. wants to take over Russian nuclear arsenal?] [Feb 10, 2005: Status of Glonass constellation] [Feb 07, 2005: Putin's miracle weapon revisited] [Feb 07, 2005: New nuclear tests?]
January 2005
[Jan 25, 2005: Moonlighting in space] [Jan 24, 2005: De-alerting reconsidered] [Jan 21, 2005: More on Tsyklon launchers] [Jan 21, 2005: Still looking for Cosmos-2410] [Jan 20, 2005: No more Tsyklon launches from Plesetsk] [Jan 20, 2005: Launch of Cosmos-2414 Parus navigation satellite] [Jan 19, 2005: Interceptors in Eastern Europe?] [Jan 19, 2005: Yuri Dolgorukiy is unlikely to be launched in 2005] [Jan 17, 2005: Space Forces in 2005] [Jan 14, 2005: Strategic bombers in 2005] [Jan 13, 2005: Schizophrenic about China] [Jan 12, 2005: Cosmos-2410 completes its mission] [Jan 12, 2005: Account of a nuclear warhead safety exercise] [Jan 08, 2005: MIRVed Topol-M or Bulava?] [Jan 07, 2005: Status of Russia’s SLBM programs] [Jan 06, 2005: History of missile launches and reliability] [Jan 06, 2005: Strategic submarines in 2005] [Jan 04, 2005: Topol-M's predecessor] [Jan 03, 2005: Strategic Rocket Forces in 2005] [Jan 02, 2005: Conspiracy theories] [Jan 01, 2005: Acquisition budget for 2005]
December 2004
[Dec 31, 2004: Bulava missile is no-go in 2004] [Dec 30, 2004: RussianForces Blog] [Dec 26, 2004: Launch of GLONASS navigation satellites] [Dec 24, 2004: Last test launch of the mobile Topol-M missile] [Dec 22, 2004: Test launch of SS-18 missile from the Dombarovsky base] [Dec 16, 2004: Fourth Topol-M missile regiment is now complete] [Dec 12, 2004: Strategic Rocket Forces commander outlines plans for the future]
November 2004
[Nov 29, 2004: Successful test of an anti-missile interceptor] [Nov 17, 2004: Russia’s leadership discusses modernization plans] [Nov 08, 2004: First launch of the Soyuz-2 space launcher] [Nov 02, 2004: Test launches of SS-25 and SS-N-18 missiles]
October 2004
September 2004
[Sep 24, 2004: Launch of Cosmos-2410 “new generation” satellite] [Sep 23, 2004: Launch of two Strela-3 communication satellites - Cosmos-2408 and Cosmos-2409] [Sep 23, 2004: Test of the Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile] [Sep 08, 2004: Test launches of sea-based missiles]
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
[Jun 29, 2004: Missile launches during military exercise] [Jun 10, 2004: Launch of Cosmos-2406 electronic intelligence satellite]
May 2004
[May 31, 2004: Changes in satellite designations] [May 28, 2004: Launch of Cosmos-2405 naval reconnaissance satellite] [May 20, 2004: Changes in government]
April 2004
March 2004
[Mar 27, 2004: Launch of the Cosmos-2406 military relay satellite] [Mar 20, 2004: Reentry of the Cosmos-2383 naval reconnaissance satellite] [Mar 20, 2004: The book Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces is now available in paperback] [Mar 19, 2004: New strategic submarine of the Project 955 type] [Mar 15, 2004: Reorganization of the government affects defense industry]
February 2004
[Feb 18, 2004: Russian strategic forces took part in a large-scale exercise] [Feb 18, 2004: Russia launched Cosmos-2405 (Molniya-1T) communication satellite]
December 2003
[Dec 21, 2003: New Topol-M missile regiment deployed] [Dec 10, 2003: Launch of GLONASS navigation satellites] [Dec 09, 2003: Cosmos-2399 completes its mission] [Dec 05, 2003: First launch of the Strela launcher]