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[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]
[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[Nov 21, 2005: “Hopelessly outdated”]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]
[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]
[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]
[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]
[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]
[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 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]
[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]
[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]
[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?]
[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]