In January 2020 Russia was estimated to have 532 strategic launchers that can carry about 2100 nuclear warheads. In its September 2019 New START data exchange Russia reported 513 deployed launchers with 1426 New START-accountable nuclear warheads.
As of March 2025, Russia has conducted six launches of the new-generation early-warning satellites, known as Tundra (the system is known as EKS/Kupol). In January 2024 four Tundra satellites were in operation. A March 2025 check suggests that Cosmos-2546 ended...
The Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the launch pad No. 3 of the launch complex No. 43 of the Plesetsk space launch site. The launch took place at 01:22:17 MSK on 3...
According to Alexandr Leonov, the General Director and General Designer of NPO Mashinosroyeniya (NPO Mash, the old Chelomey design bureau), quoted by TASS, the service life of UR-100NUTTH/SS-19 missiles is still being extended. The missile has been in service since...
The Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1v rocket from the launch pad No. 4 of the launch complex No. 43 of the Plesetsk space launch site. The launch took place at 06:59 MSK (03:59 UTC)...
Knyaz Pozharsky submarine of the Project 955A/Borey-A class will be accepted for service in June 2025. The construction of the submarine began in 2016. It was rolled out of the construction hall in February 2024. It was said to be...
On 4 December 2024, at 21:03:13 MSK (18:03:13 UTC) crews of the Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1b launcher from the Plesetsk test site. (Note that the time of launch in the ministry of defense...
On 31 October 2024, at 10:51:31 MSK (07:51:31 UTC) crews of the Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of a Soyuz 2.1a launcher from the launch pad No. 4 of the launch complex No. 43 of the Plesetsk...
On October 29, 2024 Russian armed forces conducted a regular exercise of strategic forces (in English). This is an annual exercise that is traditionally held in the fall. The previous one was held on 26 October 2023. As in previous...
By all indications, a flight test of the Sarmat ICBM, scheduled to take place between 19 and 23 September 2024 (according to NOTAM, posted on September 17), ended in failure. Satellite images taken on 21 September 2024 show that the...
On 17 September 2024, at 10:01 MSK (07:01 UTC), crews of the Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of an Angara 1.2 launcher from the Plesetsk test site. (Video of the launch in the MoD Telegram channel.) The...
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