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[Dec 25, 2008: Three new Glonass-M satellites in orbit]
[Dec 24, 2008: New Topol-M regiment in Teykovo]
[Dec 23, 2008: Another setback for the Bulava program]
[Dec 21, 2008: No news on Bulava test]
[Dec 18, 2008: Formulating the next U.S.-Russian arms control agreement]
[Dec 09, 2008: Northern Fleet left without Project 667BDR submarines]
[Dec 02, 2008: Launch of Cosmos-2446, a new first-generation early-warning satellite]
[Dec 01, 2008: Launch of an early-warning satellite expected tomorrow]
[Dec 01, 2008: Long life of UR-100NUTTH - 33 years and counting]
[Nov 28, 2008: Rocket Forces launches in 2008 and 2009]
[Nov 28, 2008: Changes in the Strategic Rocket Forces]
[Nov 28, 2008: Bulava test reported success]
[Nov 27, 2008: Novomoskovsk submarine in overhaul]
[Nov 26, 2008: All clear for START extension]
[Nov 26, 2008: RS-24 and early-warning system]
[Nov 26, 2008: Flight test of RS-24 missile]
[Nov 22, 2008: Karelia submarine launched after overhaul]
[Nov 21, 2008: Yury Dolgoruky's reactor is on]
[Nov 19, 2008: Liquidation of missile divisions]
[Nov 19, 2008: Silo-based RS-24]
[Nov 18, 2008: Bulava launch expected next week]
[Nov 14, 2008: Launch of Cosmos-2445 - Kobalt-M optical reconnaissance satellite]
[Nov 11, 2008: Tu-95MS modernization]
[Nov 11, 2008: Barack Obama's missile defense challenge]
[Nov 08, 2008: Loss of life on a nuclear submarine]
[Nov 05, 2008: Changes in the Kozelsk division liquidation plans]
[Oct 30, 2008: Post-START drafts]
[Oct 22, 2008: Test launch of a UR-100NUTTH missile]
[Oct 18, 2008: START extension formalities]
[Oct 17, 2008: No major changes in numbers in the first half of 2008]
[Oct 12, 2008: Bombers conduct ALCM launches]
[Oct 12, 2008: Test launch of Topol missile]
[Oct 12, 2008: More SLBM launches]
[Oct 11, 2008: Sineva extended range launch]
[Oct 01, 2008: Dnepr launches THEOS satellite]
[Sep 25, 2008: Successful launch of three Glonass satellites]
[Sep 22, 2008: Bulava test was not quite successful]
[Sep 18, 2008: Successful Bulava launch]
[Sep 12, 2008: An interesting week for SLBMs]
[Sep 11, 2008: Topol-M deployment plans]
[Sep 11, 2008: Missile test plans scaled down]
[Sep 10, 2008: Tu-160 bombers in Venezuela]
[Sep 10, 2008: Nuclear inventory]
[Sep 05, 2008: Work on post-START agreement]
[Aug 29, 2008: Dnepr space launch confirms reliability of R-36MUTTH]
[Aug 28, 2008: Test launch of a Topol missile]
[Aug 26, 2008: Dmitri Donskoy trials]
[Aug 26, 2008: Topol missile in a museum]
[Aug 25, 2008: No news about Bulava test]
[Aug 25, 2008: U.S.-Russian relations after the conflict in Georgia]
[Aug 05, 2008: It was a R-29R launch]
[Aug 01, 2008: Test launch from Ryazan submarine]
[Jul 28, 2008: Rocket Forces will keep the Irkutsk division]
[Jul 26, 2008: Launch of Cosmos-2441 - first Persona optical reconnaissance satellite]
[Jul 25, 2008: Bulava to resume flight tests]
[Jul 24, 2008: Launch of Persona satellite expected]
[Jul 23, 2008: The fallacy of the Megatons to Megawatts program]
[Jul 22, 2008: The Window of Vulnerability That Wasn't]
[Jul 10, 2008: Minimum deterrence]
[Jul 08, 2008: Early accidents with ICBMs]
[Jul 05, 2008: Tu-95MS go through modernization]
[Jul 03, 2008: New commander of the Space Forces]
[Jun 27, 2008: Launch of an early-warning satellite]
[Jun 21, 2008: "Third-generation" command and control system]
[Jun 21, 2008: First RS-24 will be deployed in Teykovo]
[Jun 19, 2008: Cosmos-2437, -2438, and -2439 are not Gonets-M]
[Jun 17, 2008: Deployment of RS-24 may begin in 2009]
[Jun 15, 2008: Test range in Yurya]
[Jun 10, 2008: The easy route]
[Jun 06, 2008: U.S. nuclear troubles continue]
[Jun 05, 2008: Missile readiness and patrol rates]
[Jun 05, 2008: Russia ends plutonium production in Seversk]
[Jun 03, 2008: Update on missile service lives]
[Jun 03, 2008: The push for a new arms control agreement with Russia is ill-conceived]
[Jun 03, 2008: New Chief of the General Staff]
[May 28, 2008: Russian Navy Blog and R-29RM tests]
[May 24, 2008: Post-START differences]
[May 23, 2008: Launch of three Gonets-M spacecraft]
[May 22, 2008: Don't block U.S.-Russian nuclear cooperation]
[May 07, 2008: Dmitry Medvedev is the new Supreme Commander of Russian armed forces]
[May 06, 2008: Nuclear cooperation agreement signed]
[Apr 29, 2008: Russia added new Tu-160 to its bomber force]
[Apr 28, 2008: Submarine patrols in 2007]
[Apr 26, 2008: Tu-160 modernization program is underway]
[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]
[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]
[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]
[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]