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.
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...
Russian ministry of defense reported that Imperator Alexander III, a Project 955A submarine, was transferred to the Pacific Fleet during the Okean-2024 exercise. In November 2023, the submarine successfully launched a Bulava ballistic missile. The launch was part of...
On 17 May 2024, at 00:21:39 MSK (09:21:39 on 16 May 2024 UTC) crews of the Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of a Souyz-2.1b launcher from the 43/4 launch pad of the Plesetsk test site. The...
Starting in September 2021, Russia has launched a series of small experimental satellites the purpose of which is not entirely clear. In previous posts they have been sometimes identified as EO MKA (probably зкспериментальный образец малого космического аппарата) and sometimes...
On 12 April 2024 at about 16:00 UTC the Strategic Rocket Forces conducted a successful launch of "an intercontinental ballistic missile from a road-mobile launcher." According to the official statement (safe link on Telegram, video of the launch), the launch...
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