Blog archive
October 2024
[Oct 31, 2024: Launch of Cosmos-2579 from Plesetsk] [Oct 29, 2024: Strategic forces exercise includes a launch of Bulava]
September 2024
[Sep 23, 2024: A failed test of Sarmat destroyed the test silo] [Sep 17, 2024: Two small satellites launched by Angara from Plesetsk] [Sep 16, 2024: Imperator Alexander III transferred to the Pacific Fleet]
May 2024
April 2024
[Apr 24, 2024: Notes on small experimental satellites] [Apr 12, 2024: Topol-ME launch from Kapustin Yar to Sary-Shagan]
February 2024
[Feb 09, 2024: Cosmos-2575, second Razbeg optical reconnaissance satellite] [Feb 03, 2024: Launch of the Knyaz Pozharsky submarine]
January 2024
December 2023
[Dec 27, 2023: Cosmos-2574, a small optical reconnaissance satellite] [Dec 21, 2023: Cosmos-2573 - fifth Bars-M satellite]
November 2023
[Nov 25, 2023: Cosmos-2572 - a new optical reconnaissance satellite] [Nov 19, 2023: Nuclear weapons, AI, and the June 1980 US false alarms] [Nov 16, 2023: The curious case of heavy bombers' Unique IDs] [Nov 05, 2023: Successful launch of Bulava from Imperator Alexander III]
October 2023
[Oct 31, 2023: Reported failure of Sarmat] [Oct 27, 2023: Launch of Cosmos-2570 Lotos-S1 satellite with Cosmos-2571] [Oct 25, 2023: Annual exercise of strategic forces] [Oct 16, 2023: Generalissimus Suvorov Project 955A submarine joins Pacific Fleet]
August 2023
[Aug 22, 2023: Tula submarine launches a missile to test S-500 system] [Aug 07, 2023: The first Glonass-K2 satellite is in orbit as Cosmos-2569]
July 2023
June 2023
[Jun 14, 2023: Razvyazka - new space surveillance radar near Moscow] [Jun 01, 2023: U.S. response to Russia's New START suspension]
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
[Mar 29, 2023: Cosmos-2568 in orbit, believed to be a small imaging satellite] [Mar 23, 2023: Cosmos-2567 - fourth Bars-M satellite]
February 2023
[Feb 21, 2023: Russia suspends participation in New START] [Feb 20, 2023: Failed flight test of Sarmat]
December 2022
[Dec 29, 2022: Generalissimus Suvorov Project 955A submarine accepted for service] [Dec 16, 2022: Yars missile regiment deployed in Bologoye] [Dec 16, 2022: Missile launches in 2022 and plans for 2023] [Dec 01, 2022: Two satellites - Cosmos-2565 and Cosmos-2566 - are in orbit] [Dec 01, 2022: Test of a missile defense interceptor]
November 2022
[Nov 28, 2022: Cosmos-2564, a Glonass-M navigation satellite] [Nov 22, 2022: Construction of silos for Sarmat at Uzhur] [Nov 18, 2022: First Avangard regiment is complete, second one is being deployed] [Nov 03, 2022: Bulava launch from the Generalissimus Suvorov submarine] [Nov 02, 2022: A new early-warning satellite, Cosmos-2563, is in orbit]
October 2022
[Oct 26, 2022: Exercise of strategic forces] [Oct 22, 2022: Did Stanislav Petrov save the world in 1983? It's complicated] [Oct 21, 2022: Launch of two classified satellites, Cosmos-2561 and Cosmos-2562] [Oct 15, 2022: Cosmos-2560 - another small imaging satellite launched by Angara] [Oct 10, 2022: Cosmos-2559 - a new Glonass-K satellite] [Oct 07, 2022: Non-strategic weapons storage and deployment procedures in Russia]
September 2022
[Sep 28, 2022: Knyaz Oleg submarine joined the Pacific Fleet] [Sep 01, 2022: New START numbers as of 1 September 2022]
August 2022
[Aug 08, 2022: New command missiles deployed in Yur'ya] [Aug 01, 2022: Cosmos-2558 - an inspector satellite]
July 2022
[Jul 20, 2022: Generalissimus Suvorov begins sea trials] [Jul 07, 2022: Cosmos-2557 - a new Glonass-K satellite]
June 2022
[Jun 13, 2022: New mobile missile base in Irkutsk] [Jun 09, 2022: Test of a Sirena-M command missile reported]
May 2022
April 2022
[Apr 29, 2022: Cosmos-2555 - Small imaging satellite launched by Angara] [Apr 20, 2022: The first flight test of Sarmat] [Apr 07, 2022: Launch of a Lotos-S1 electronic reconnaissance satellite, Cosmos-2554]
March 2022
February 2022
[Feb 19, 2022: The 2021 annual exercise of strategic forces is held in February 2022] [Feb 05, 2022: Cosmos-2553 - the first Neitron radar satellite]
December 2021
November 2021
[Nov 25, 2021: Fifth Tundra early warning satellite is in orbit] [Nov 15, 2021: Russia hits its own satellite in an ASAT test] [Nov 13, 2021: Another possible Nudol test]
October 2021
[Oct 26, 2021: New START data as of September 2021 ] [Oct 21, 2021: A Bulava launch from Knyaz Oleg submarine]
September 2021
[Sep 17, 2021: Launch of a missile defense interceptor] [Sep 09, 2021: Cosmos-2551 - First Razbeg imaging satellite]
August 2021
June 2021
[Jun 25, 2021: Launch of Cosmos-2550 - the first Pion-NKS reconnaissance satellite] [Jun 24, 2021: Possible Nudol ASAT test from Plesetsk] [Jun 02, 2021: In defense of silo-based MIRVed ICBMs]
May 2021
[May 29, 2021: Possible Nudol test from Plesetsk] [May 29, 2021: Knyaz Oleg begins sea trials] [May 09, 2021: A note on mobile missiles in the Kataev archive]
April 2021
[Apr 26, 2021: Successful launch of a missile defense interceptor] [Apr 01, 2021: New START data exchange continues. Here are the March 2021 numbers]
February 2021
December 2020
[Dec 16, 2020: Nudol ASAT system tested from Plesetsk] [Dec 16, 2020: Deployment of Avangard continues in Dombarovskiy] [Dec 15, 2020: Yars regiment added to the Barnaul missile division] [Dec 12, 2020: First Bulava launches from the Pacific] [Dec 09, 2020: Annual exercise of the strategic forces held later this year] [Dec 03, 2020: Cosmos-2548 - a small developmental satellite]
November 2020
October 2020
[Oct 28, 2020: Test of missile defense interceptor] [Oct 25, 2020: Glonass-K launch from Plesetsk] [Oct 13, 2020: Two Yars missiles deployed in Kozelsk] [Oct 01, 2020: New START data as of 1 September 2020]
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020
[Jun 12, 2020: Knyaz Vladimir officially joined the navy] [Jun 02, 2020: Russia's official nuclear deterrence policy]
May 2020
[May 28, 2020: Knyaz Vladimir handed over to the navy] [May 26, 2020: Construction of PAK DA prototypes] [May 22, 2020: Fourth Tundra early-warning satellite is in orbit]
April 2020
[Apr 15, 2020: A test of Nudol direct-ascent ASAT system] [Apr 02, 2020: New START data as of 1 March 2020]
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
[Jan 31, 2020: Life extension for UR-100NUTTH] [Jan 07, 2020: Missile launches in 2019 and plans for 2020]
December 2019
[Dec 30, 2019: Commissioning of Knyaz Vladimir Project 995A submarine delayed] [Dec 27, 2019: Avangard begins combat duty] [Dec 11, 2019: Launch of a Glonass-M satellite from Plesetsk]
November 2019
[Nov 28, 2019: Topol launch from Kapustin Yar] [Nov 27, 2019: Russia shows Avangard system "to maintain viability" of New START] [Nov 25, 2019: Cosmos-2542 launch from Plesetsk] [Nov 15, 2019: Possible test of Nudol from Plesetsk]
October 2019
[Oct 30, 2019: Sarmat flight tests to begin in 2020] [Oct 29, 2019: First Bulava launch from Knyaz Vladimir] [Oct 17, 2019: Annual exercise of strategic forces Grom-2019] [Oct 09, 2019: Russia continues construction of early-warning radars] [Oct 07, 2019: New START data as of 1 September 2019]
September 2019
[Sep 30, 2019: Silo-based Topol-M launched from Plesetsk] [Sep 26, 2019: Launch of Cosmos-2541, the third EKS/Tundra early-warning satellite] [Sep 03, 2019: Knyaz Vladimir Project 955A submarine to join Northern Fleet]
August 2019
[Aug 30, 2019: Last Rockot launch delivered Cosmos-2540 geodetic satellite into orbit] [Aug 24, 2019: Tula and Yuri Dolgorukiy launch their missiles] [Aug 06, 2019: Launch of Cosmos-2539, a Blagovest communication satellite]
July 2019
[Jul 30, 2019: Meridian 8 satellite is the first Meridian-M] [Jul 26, 2019: Launch of Topol from Kapustin Yar] [Jul 10, 2019: Soyuz-2.1v launches four experimental satellites, including a satellite inspector] [Jul 02, 2019: Second test of the new interceptor in a month]
June 2019
[Jun 30, 2019: Russia may be conducting Nudol tests] [Jun 04, 2019: Tests of new missile defense interceptor continue]
May 2019
[May 30, 2019: Plans for ICBM launches in 2019-2021] [May 27, 2019: Glonass-M launched from Plesetsk] [May 20, 2019: Is New START extension really that easy?]
April 2019
March 2019
[Mar 30, 2019: New START data as of 1 March 2019] [Mar 18, 2019: Project 667BDRM submarines will stay in service until 2029]
February 2019
[Feb 19, 2019: Did the United States just change its theory of INF violation?] [Feb 06, 2019: Nudol ASAT was tested from Plesetsk in December 2018] [Feb 06, 2019: Yars launch from Plesetsk]
January 2019
[Jan 23, 2019: Missile launches from Kapustin Yar in 2008-2014] [Jan 23, 2019: Moscow shows the 9M729 missile and its launcher] [Jan 09, 2019: Counting missile launches in 2018]
December 2018
[Dec 26, 2018: Avangard system is tested, said to be fully ready for deployment] [Dec 21, 2018: Cosmos-2533 - new Blagovest communication satellite] [Dec 15, 2018: First silo-based Yars regiment in Kozelsk is fully operational] [Dec 12, 2018: Looks like a Topol-E failure in a launch from Kapustin Yar] [Dec 11, 2018: Third visit of Tu-160 bombers to Venezuela] [Dec 04, 2018: Two more Borey-A submarines to be built by 2028] [Dec 01, 2018: Sixth test of the new missile defense interceptor] [Dec 01, 2018: What was so secret? United States presents its theory of the INF violation]
November 2018
[Nov 30, 2018: Three Rodnik communication satellites plus a small satellite are in orbit ] [Nov 26, 2018: Russia insists it is in compliance with the INF Treaty] [Nov 06, 2018: Yars silo construction in Kozelsk] [Nov 03, 2018: Successful launch of a Glonass-M satellite]
October 2018
[Oct 31, 2018: Sarmat deployment is said to begin in 2021] [Oct 29, 2018: Avangard hypersonic boost-glide system deployment plans] [Oct 25, 2018: Cosmos-2528 - new Lotus-S1 electronic reconnaissance satellite] [Oct 12, 2018: What happened to the ICBM part of the exercise?] [Oct 11, 2018: Annual exercise of the strategic forces, this time without ICBMs] [Oct 07, 2018: New START data September 2018 numbers] [Oct 04, 2018: Recent missile launches from Plesetsk] [Oct 03, 2018: Sarmat to begin flight tests in 2019]
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
[Jul 20, 2018: Tests of new interceptor of the Moscow missile defense continue] [Jul 01, 2018: Inspections will not resolve the INF Treaty dispute]
June 2018
[Jun 29, 2018: Bulava is finally accepted for service] [Jun 23, 2018: Was it a Yars launch from Plesetsk?] [Jun 21, 2018: New Glonass-M satellite is on orbit]
May 2018
[May 26, 2018: Third ejection test of Sarmat?] [May 22, 2018: Four-missile salvo launch of Bulava from Yuri Dolgorukiy] [May 21, 2018: Russia to build six more Borey-A submarines]
April 2018
[Apr 19, 2018: Launch of Cosmos-2526 - Blagovest communication satellite] [Apr 15, 2018: New START controversies] [Apr 02, 2018: Successful Nudol ASAT test reported] [Apr 02, 2018: By cancelling RS-26 Russia keeps its options open] [Apr 02, 2018: Another test of the new interceptor of the Moscow missile defense system]
March 2018
[Mar 30, 2018: Second ejection test of Sarmat] [Mar 29, 2018: Launch of an experimental imaging satellite, Cosmos-2525] [Mar 29, 2018: Yars missiles continue to replace Topol] [Mar 21, 2018: Document details Soviet response to the Star Wars missile defense program] [Mar 14, 2018: Two Project 667BDR submarines withdrawn from service ]
February 2018
[Feb 12, 2018: Successful test of a missile defense interceptor] [Feb 05, 2018: New START reductions completed]
January 2018
December 2017
[Dec 30, 2017: Three early-warning radars begin combat duty operations] [Dec 29, 2017: Bryansk begins overhaul] [Dec 29, 2017: Sarmat ejection test, at last] [Dec 28, 2017: Tula submarine completed overhaul] [Dec 26, 2017: Missile launches in 2017 and 2018] [Dec 26, 2017: Launch of Topol from Kapustin Yar] [Dec 05, 2017: The INF Treaty culprit identified. Now what?] [Dec 04, 2017: Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM is cancelled (again)] [Dec 02, 2017: Cosmos-2524 - an electronic reconnaissance satellite - is in orbit]
November 2017
[Nov 23, 2017: Successful test of an interceptor ] [Nov 17, 2017: Knyaz Vladimir is out in the water ]
October 2017
[Oct 26, 2017: Annual exercise of strategic forces] [Oct 04, 2017: Yars launch in September tested parallel deployment of warheads] [Oct 02, 2017: New START data exchange shows the United States and Russia are on track to meet the limits]
September 2017
[Sep 26, 2017: Topol launch from Kapustin Yar tests new warhead (again)] [Sep 22, 2017: New Glonass-M satellite, Cosmos-2522, is on orbit] [Sep 20, 2017: Training launch of Yars ICBM from Plesetsk] [Sep 12, 2017: Test launch of Yars missile with "experimental warheads"] [Sep 08, 2017: UNIDIR is looking for a researcher to work on its nuclear security and disarmament project]
August 2017
[Aug 24, 2017: Where the weapons are - Nuclear weapon storage facilities in Russia] [Aug 23, 2017: Cosmos-2519 released a satellite-inspector] [Aug 17, 2017: Successful launch of Cosmos-2520 - Blagovest communication satellite] [Aug 15, 2017: Russia considers building a new early-warning radar in Crimea]
July 2017
[Jul 18, 2017: RS-26 and other intermediate-range ICBMs ] [Jul 03, 2017: Yes, Sarmat program is in trouble] [Jul 01, 2017: Is it too late to have an informed discussion about the INF treaty?]
June 2017
[Jun 26, 2017: Bulava launch from Yuri Dolgorukiy] [Jun 23, 2017: Launch of Cosmos-2519] [Jun 16, 2017: Test of a (new?) missile defense interceptor]
May 2017
[May 25, 2017: Launch of the second satellite of the EKS early-warning system] [May 12, 2017: First Soviet nuclear test: RDS-1 vs. Joe-1, Stalin's Rocket Engine, and First Lightning ] [May 10, 2017: Russia's ambitious plans for strategic bombers]
April 2017
February 2017
January 2017
[Jan 19, 2017: Flight tests of Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM are said to begin in 2019] [Jan 19, 2017: Is Sarmat program in trouble?] [Jan 16, 2017: Test launch of silo-based Topol-M from Plesetsk]
December 2016
[Dec 23, 2016: No gaps in early-warning coverage as three radars to begin combat duty in 2017] [Dec 23, 2016: The eighth Project 955 Borey submarine laid down at Sevmash] [Dec 21, 2016: Successful Nudol ASAT test reported] [Dec 16, 2016: Rocket Forces received 23 new RS-24 Yars missiles in 2016] [Dec 15, 2016: Strategic Rocket Forces - launches in 2016 and the 2017 plan]
November 2016
[Nov 26, 2016: Possible launch of R-29RM missile from Bryansk submarine] [Nov 04, 2016: New Project 955 Borey submarine to be laid down in December 2016] [Nov 03, 2016: Test of Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM reported]
October 2016
[Oct 25, 2016: UR-100NUTTH launch from Dombarovskiy, most likely with Project 4202 payload] [Oct 12, 2016: Three ballistic missiles launched in one day] [Oct 05, 2016: New START September 2016 numbers]
September 2016
[Sep 27, 2016: Success reported in salvo Bulava launch from Yuri Dolgorukiy] [Sep 26, 2016: Vladimir Monomakh arrived in Vilyuchinsk] [Sep 21, 2016: RS-24 Yars is replacing Topol in Vypolzovo and elsewhere] [Sep 21, 2016: RS-24 Yars base construction in Nizhniy Tagil] [Sep 09, 2016: Suspected Yars launch failure in Plesetsk] [Sep 09, 2016: Launch of Topol from Plesetsk]
August 2016
[Aug 26, 2016: The radar in Vorkuta geolocated] [Aug 24, 2016: New early-warning radar in Olenegorsk is under construction] [Aug 15, 2016: Vladimir Monomakh begins transfer to the Pacific] [Aug 12, 2016: Project 667BDR/Delta III submarines are alive and well]
July 2016
[Jul 21, 2016: New delay for Sarmat] [Jul 16, 2016: New schedule for submarine construction] [Jul 14, 2016: Makeyev Design Bureau works on a new ballistic missile]
June 2016
[Jun 24, 2016: Construction at the Chekhov radar site] [Jun 21, 2016: Dmitry Donskoy submarine to stay in service until 2020] [Jun 21, 2016: Successful test of missile defense interceptor] [Jun 04, 2016: Successful launch of Cosmos-2517 - second Geo-IK-2 geodetic satellite]
May 2016
[May 29, 2016: Glonass-M launch from Plesetsk] [May 27, 2016: Successful Nudol test reported] [May 18, 2016: Barguzin project refuses to die] [May 14, 2016: New GEO early warning satellite is said not to be ready] [May 12, 2016: Deployment of RS-26 Rubezh reportedly postponed until 2017 ] [May 10, 2016: Dates of Nudol ASAT tests] [May 10, 2016: Silo version of RS-24 Yars to be deployed in Tatishchevo and Kozelsk] [May 09, 2016: Sarmat to be deployed in Uzhur and Dombarovskiy]
April 2016
[Apr 26, 2016: Project 4202 test record] [Apr 21, 2016: A Status-6 status update] [Apr 20, 2016: Reports of a Project 4202 flight test] [Apr 05, 2016: Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM axed, Project 4202 lives on] [Apr 05, 2016: Deployment of RS-24 Yars and RS-26 Rubezh in Irkutsk] [Apr 03, 2016: UNIDIR project on tactical nuclear weapons is looking for a researcher] [Apr 01, 2016: New START March 2016 aggregate numbers] [Apr 01, 2016: Russia tests Nudol anti-satellite system]
March 2016
[Mar 29, 2016: Topol missiles are still in Irkutsk] [Mar 24, 2016: Cosmos-2515, second Bars-M satellite, is in orbit] [Mar 11, 2016: Salvo Bulava launch from Vladimir Monomakh - second attempt expected in June]
February 2016
[Feb 20, 2016: Missile launches in 2016-2017 - RS-26 launch is certain, Project 4202 likely] [Feb 18, 2016: No plans to reduce the number of missile divisions] [Feb 15, 2016: Soviet and Russian submarines in service - past and present] [Feb 11, 2016: Uncertain future of Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM] [Feb 10, 2016: Production of Tu-160 bombers to resume by 2023] [Feb 07, 2016: Glonass-M launch from Plesetsk]
January 2016
[Jan 27, 2016: Yars silo construction in Kozelsk] [Jan 11, 2016: Rocket Forces launch plans in 2015 and 2016]
December 2015
[Dec 24, 2015: New payload tested in a Topol launch from Kapustin Yar] [Dec 18, 2015: Seventh Project 955 Borey submarine laid down] [Dec 16, 2015: RS-24 Yars deployment plans ] [Dec 13, 2015: Successful launch of Garpun military relay satellite] [Dec 12, 2015: R-29RM Sineva launch from Verkhoturie submarine] [Dec 11, 2015: Silo-based Yars regiment in Kozelsk begins combat duty] [Dec 05, 2015: New ocean monitoring satellite, Kanopus-ST, failed to deploy] [Dec 02, 2015: On timelines and technicalities - U.S. Congress holds hearing on INF violation]
November 2015
[Nov 19, 2015: One of the Bulava missiles missed its targets] [Nov 17, 2015: Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers used in Syria strikes] [Nov 17, 2015: Topol launch from Kapustin Yar] [Nov 17, 2015: First launch of the Tundra early-warning satellite] [Nov 14, 2015: Two Bulava missiles launched from Vladimir Monomakh] [Nov 11, 2015: Is Russia working on a massive dirty bomb?] [Nov 11, 2015: Vladimir Monomakh to conduct salvo Bulava launch]
October 2015
[Oct 30, 2015: Russia tests command and control system in an exercise with multiple missile launches ] [Oct 28, 2015: Test of silo-based RS-24 Yars from Plesetsk] [Oct 14, 2015: Construction of an early-warning radar in Vorkuta] [Oct 09, 2015: Industry delivered first satellites for the EKS early-warning system ] [Oct 07, 2015: Syria strikes, Kalibr-NK, and the INF treaty] [Oct 02, 2015: New START September 2015 aggregate numbers]
September 2015
[Sep 30, 2015: Alexander Nevskiy arrived in Kamchatka] [Sep 24, 2015: Rockot launches three Rodnik communication satellites] [Sep 14, 2015: Strategic submarines in the Pacific] [Sep 14, 2015: Vladimir Monomakh fails to launch Bulava missile?]
August 2015
[Aug 31, 2015: Alexander Nevskiy is en route to the Pacific] [Aug 22, 2015: Another Topol launch from Kapustin Yar tests new payload ]
July 2015
June 2015
[Jun 30, 2015: New date set for new early-warning satellite launch] [Jun 23, 2015: Cosmos-2506 - new Persona reconnaissance satellite] [Jun 23, 2015: Cruise missiles and INF - What about 9M729? ] [Jun 16, 2015: Summary of the Project 4202 developments] [Jun 16, 2015: NPOMash says it is not part of the Sarmat project] [Jun 09, 2015: Russia tests missile defense interceptor] [Jun 07, 2015: INF Treaty compliance update (sort of)] [Jun 05, 2015: Successful launch of Kobalt-M, reportedly the last one of its type]
May 2015
[May 28, 2015: Russia wants to build 50 new Tu-160 bombers] [May 27, 2015: Tu-160 bombers to undergo another round of modernization by 2019] [May 26, 2015: New early-warning radar to be built in Zeya, Amur oblast]
April 2015
[Apr 29, 2015: Ryazan submarine will return to service] [Apr 27, 2015: Transfer of Project 955 submarines to the Pacific] [Apr 13, 2015: Alexander Nevskiy with missiles on board ] [Apr 01, 2015: March 2015 New START aggregate numbers released]
March 2015
[Mar 31, 2015: Rockot launches three Gonets-M satellites and Cosmos-2504 small satellite] [Mar 26, 2015: RS-26 is tested and ready for deployment] [Mar 25, 2015: Dnepr launches South Korea's Kompsat-3A satellite ]
February 2015
[Feb 27, 2015: Launch of an optical reconnaissance satellite] [Feb 26, 2015: Flight test of a Project 4202 vehicle] [Feb 13, 2015: Topol-M deployment in Tatishchevo continues] [Feb 11, 2015: Russia lost all its early-warning satellites]
January 2015
December 2014
[Dec 27, 2014: Sarmat deployment plans] [Dec 26, 2014: Sixth Project 955 Borey submarine laid down] [Dec 26, 2014: Some details about rail-mobile Barguzin] [Dec 26, 2014: New version of the military doctrine] [Dec 26, 2014: RS-24 launch from Plesetsk] [Dec 25, 2014: RS-26 deployment postponed until 2016] [Dec 25, 2014: Launch of a Lotos-S electronic intelligence satellite] [Dec 19, 2014: Missile deliveries in 2014 and plans for 2015] [Dec 19, 2014: Kondor-E satellite launched by Strela launcher] [Dec 19, 2014: Four early-warning radars began combat duty in 2014] [Dec 19, 2014: Ekaterinburg and Vladimir Monomakh join the fleet] [Dec 17, 2014: RS-24 Yars deployment in 2014 and 2015] [Dec 17, 2014: Sarmat ICBM to make appearance in 2015] [Dec 17, 2014: Strategic Rocket Forces launch plans in 2014 and 2015] [Dec 17, 2014: Rail-mobile ICBM, Barguzin, gets a green light] [Dec 15, 2014: Tula submarine arrived in Severodvinsk for overhaul] [Dec 01, 2014: Russian missile force readiness rate] [Dec 01, 2014: Glonass-K launch from Plesetsk]
November 2014
[Nov 28, 2014: Bulava launch from Alexander Nevskiy] [Nov 24, 2014: RS-24 Yars to be deployed in Yoshkar-Ola] [Nov 17, 2014: Okno space surveillance system to begin service] [Nov 14, 2014: Ekaterinburg submarine is back at sea] [Nov 14, 2014: RS-24 Yars deployment in 2014 seems to fall short of the original goal] [Nov 11, 2014: Topol launch from Kapustin Yar] [Nov 10, 2014: No more Bulava launches in 2014?] [Nov 06, 2014: Dnepr launch from Yasnyy/Dombarovsky] [Nov 05, 2014: Busy time for Russian strategic forces] [Nov 05, 2014: Sineva missile launched from Tula submarine ] [Nov 01, 2014: Test launch of silo-based Topol-M]
October 2014
[Oct 30, 2014: New Meridian communication satellite is in orbit] [Oct 29, 2014: Bulava launch from Yuri Dolgorukiy submarine] [Oct 01, 2014: New START September 2014 numbers ]
September 2014
[Sep 26, 2014: Bulava launches from the Pacific (in 2015) ] [Sep 23, 2014: NPOMash completed tests of new cruise missile, continues to work on new strategic system ] [Sep 19, 2014: Updated map of Russian early-warning radars] [Sep 19, 2014: Voronezh-M early-warning radar in Orsk located] [Sep 17, 2014: Location of the Barnaul early-warning radar] [Sep 10, 2014: Two submarines to launch Bulava missiles this year] [Sep 10, 2014: Successful Bulava launch from Vladimir Monomakh]
August 2014
[Aug 28, 2014: More details on Russia and the INF violation] [Aug 26, 2014: Russian hypersonic vehicle - more dots added to Project 4202] [Aug 26, 2014: Russia to upgrade Neman-P radar in Sary-Shagan] [Aug 22, 2014: Changes in the 2014 Bulava launch plan] [Aug 20, 2014: First two RS-24 Yars installed in silos in Kozelsk] [Aug 06, 2014: RS-26 to be deployed in Vypolzovo?] [Aug 05, 2014: MARV is back] [Aug 04, 2014: Russia and the INF Treaty violation]
July 2014
[Jul 27, 2014: Russia lays down new strategic submarine] [Jul 19, 2014: New-generation early-warning satellite, Tundra, to be launched in 2014] [Jul 03, 2014: Rockot places three Gonets-M satellites into orbit] [Jul 02, 2014: Russia corrected its March 2014 New START declaration] [Jul 01, 2014: First RS-26 to be deployed in Irkutsk in 2015]
June 2014
[Jun 25, 2014: Russia loses its only geostationary early-warning satellite] [Jun 23, 2014: Kaliningrad early-warning radar begins limited combat duty] [Jun 19, 2014: Successful Dnepr launch from Yasnyy/Dombarovsky] [Jun 17, 2014: No service life extension for R-36M2 this time] [Jun 14, 2014: Successful Glonass-M launch] [Jun 11, 2014: Vladimir Monomakh submarine begins sea trials] [Jun 10, 2014: Ekaterinburg to be launched after overhaul] [Jun 02, 2014: Voronezh-DM radar in Yeniseysk] [Jun 02, 2014: Only two Bulava launches scheduled in 2014]
May 2014
[May 23, 2014: Rockot launches communication satellites] [May 22, 2014: Plans for the new strategic bomber] [May 20, 2014: Topol-E launched from Kapustin Yar] [May 16, 2014: Topol service life confirmed at 25 years] [May 12, 2014: Bulava launches to resume in September] [May 08, 2014: Multiple missile launches during a command and control exercise] [May 06, 2014: Thursday, May 8th - Webinar "Modernization of the Russian Strategic Forces"] [May 06, 2014: New Kobalt-M reconnaissance satellite is in orbit ]
April 2014
[Apr 14, 2014: RS-24 Yars launched from Plesetsk] [Apr 02, 2014: Liner version of the R-29RM SLBM accepted for service] [Apr 01, 2014: March 2014 New START numbers released]
March 2014
[Mar 24, 2014: Glonass-M satellite launched from Plesetsk] [Mar 05, 2014: Two more Kapustin Yar to Sary Shagan tests to be held this month] [Mar 04, 2014: Another new warhead test in a Topol launch from Kapustin Yar ]
February 2014
[Feb 25, 2014: Sarmat ICBM to be ready by 2020] [Feb 18, 2014: Tupolev design bureau to work on new strategic bomber]
January 2014
[Jan 25, 2014: Bulava production numbers] [Jan 15, 2014: Russian strategic forces in January 2014] [Jan 13, 2014: No such thing as a safe nuclear arsenal]
December 2013
[Dec 30, 2013: Yuri Dolgorikiy and Alexandr Nevskiy submarines arrive in Gadzhievo] [Dec 30, 2013: Two RS-24 Yars regiments begin combat duty] [Dec 27, 2013: Another Topol launch from Kapustin Yar to Sary Shagan] [Dec 25, 2013: Rockot launches three communication satellites] [Dec 24, 2013: First test of silo-based RS-24 Yars] [Dec 23, 2013: Aleksandr Nevskiy submarine joined the Pacific Fleet] [Dec 18, 2013: Rail-mobile ICBMs are likely to make a comeback] [Dec 18, 2013: Some new missile system to be deployed in Dombarovskiy] [Dec 18, 2013: More news about RS-26 missile] [Dec 17, 2013: Extending service life of ICBMs] [Dec 17, 2013: Does Russia have 400 operational ICBMs?] [Dec 17, 2013: Strategic Rocket Forces launch plans for 2014] [Dec 17, 2013: Sarmat heavy ICBM expected to be ready in 2018-2020 ] [Dec 17, 2013: 15 RS-24 Yars missiles to be deployed by the end of 2013] [Dec 03, 2013: Russia begins deployment of over-the-horizon radars] [Dec 03, 2013: Treaty compliance controversies] [Dec 02, 2013: Test of a "hypersonic vehicle" in September ended in failure ]
November 2013
[Nov 28, 2013: Early warning radar to be built in Vorkuta] [Nov 28, 2013: Two Project 955 submarines to join the Pacific Fleet in 2014] [Nov 28, 2013: Rocket Forces ICBM launches in 2013 (so far) ] [Nov 28, 2013: RS-24 Yars deployment in 2013 and 2014 ] [Nov 22, 2013: Rockot delivers three European satellites into orbit ] [Nov 21, 2013: Dnepr launcher delivers a cluster of small satellites into orbit] [Nov 13, 2013: Russian early warning system is down to three satellites] [Nov 12, 2013: Raduga-1M communication satellite is in orbit] [Nov 06, 2013: Two Yars regiments to be deployed by the end of 2013] [Nov 05, 2013: Tu-160 bombers are back from Latin America]
October 2013
[Oct 30, 2013: Russia conducts large-scale exercise of its strategic forces ] [Oct 30, 2013: Tu-160 bombers land in Nicaragua] [Oct 28, 2013: Two Tu-160 bombers visit Venezuela] [Oct 28, 2013: Aleksandr Nevskiy submarine completed sea trials] [Oct 10, 2013: Topol launch from Kapustin Yar tests new combat payload] [Oct 07, 2013: Unexpected dangers] [Oct 02, 2013: September 2013 New START data]
September 2013
[Sep 12, 2013: Three Gonets-M satellites launched by Rockot] [Sep 06, 2013: Bulava failures come back] [Sep 04, 2013: Russian early warning system in action] [Sep 04, 2013: Yuri Dolgorukiy to join the Northern Fleet]
August 2013
[Aug 22, 2013: Successful R-36MUTTH/Dnepr launch from Dombarovsky] [Aug 22, 2013: Early-warning radars update - Mishelevka, Barnaul, and Orsk]
July 2013
[Jul 06, 2013: Too many missiles - Rubezh, Avangard, and Yars-M] [Jul 04, 2013: Silo modernization in Kozelsk] [Jul 04, 2013: New Russian missile and INF Treaty] [Jul 04, 2013: Rocket Forces to deploy fifth-generation command and control system] [Jul 02, 2013: Proton-M launcher failed during Glonass launch] [Jul 01, 2013: A case for unilateral US nuclear warhead reductions]
June 2013
[Jun 29, 2013: First Raduga-1M satellite no longer operational] [Jun 27, 2013: Russia launches first Kondor satellite] [Jun 07, 2013: Launch of Cosmos-2486 - Persona optical reconnaissance satellite] [Jun 06, 2013: Russia continues tests of new ICBM, named Rubezh] [Jun 06, 2013: Armavir radar begins combat duty] [Jun 05, 2013: Construction of an early-warning radar in Barnaul ]
May 2013
[May 31, 2013: Rocket Forces plan more launches in 2013] [May 23, 2013: Two Project 941 submarines to be eliminated ] [May 07, 2013: Details of the RDS-1 device]
April 2013
[Apr 26, 2013: Successful launch of Cosmos-2485 - Glonass-M satellite ] [Apr 17, 2013: New START as a model for transparency in nuclear disarmament] [Apr 06, 2013: Security research and Russia's new treason laws] [Apr 06, 2013: Tu-95MS bomber lost to a fire] [Apr 05, 2013: Combined flight tests of new solid-propellant ICBM to begin in 2014] [Apr 03, 2013: March 2013 New START data] [Apr 02, 2013: Shooting down the Star Wars myth]
February 2013
[Feb 21, 2013: Project 955A submarines to carry 16 missiles] [Feb 17, 2013: Did Russian early-warning system see the meteorite?] [Feb 06, 2013: Object 370, Project 4202 and construction in Dombarovskiy]
January 2013
[Jan 25, 2013: Another old anti-satellite system resurfaces] [Jan 15, 2013: Three military communication satellites are in orbit] [Jan 13, 2013: Status of the Russian early-warning radar network] [Jan 11, 2013: Project 955 submarines to carry long-range cruise missiles] [Jan 10, 2013: Yuri Dolgorukiy submarine officially accepted for service]
December 2012
[Dec 30, 2012: Verkhoturie submarine returns to service] [Dec 30, 2012: Two Project 955 submarines - Vladimir Monomakh launched, Yuri Dolgorukiy postponed] [Dec 24, 2012: New commander of the Air and Space Defense Forces] [Dec 17, 2012: START and INF treaty inspections and data exchange ] [Dec 14, 2012: New heavy ICBM expected to be ready in 2019] [Dec 14, 2012: Topol-M and RS-24 Yars deployment plans] [Dec 14, 2012: Rocket Forces launch plans for 2013] [Dec 14, 2012: Old missiles to get extension of service life] [Dec 14, 2012: Moscow missile defense is getting an upgrade?] [Dec 10, 2012: Russia suspended operations of the early-warning radar in Gabala]
November 2012
[Nov 22, 2012: Verkhoturie Project 667BDRM submarine prepares to return to service] [Nov 15, 2012: Mobile RS-24 to be deployed in Irkutsk] [Nov 14, 2012: Successful launch of Meridian communication satellite] [Nov 13, 2012: Changes in Russia's early warning satellite constellation] [Nov 13, 2012: Russia to resume work on airborne laser ASAT] [Nov 02, 2012: [CORRECTED] Launch of a R-29R missile from the Pacific] [Nov 01, 2012: Deployment of new solid-propellant ICBM expected in 2015 ]
October 2012
[Oct 31, 2012: The myth of strategic stability] [Oct 24, 2012: New ICBM tested in Kapustin Yar] [Oct 23, 2012: Very modest expectations: Performance of Moscow missile defense] [Oct 19, 2012: Bombers launch cruise missiles in a strategic forces exercise ] [Oct 19, 2012: Test launch of a Topol missile] [Oct 19, 2012: Successful R-29R SLBM launch from the Sea of Okhotsk] [Oct 16, 2012: Successful test of a missile defense interceptor ] [Oct 13, 2012: R-36M2/SS-18 life extension] [Oct 03, 2012: September 2012 New START data released] [Oct 01, 2012: Interesting document about Soviet nuclear tests in 1953]
September 2012
[Sep 24, 2012: Cosmos-2480 completed its mission] [Sep 20, 2012: Modernization of Tu-95MS bombers] [Sep 20, 2012: Deployment of Topol-M/RS-24 in Teykovo completed] [Sep 18, 2012: Elimination of R-39/SS-N-20 missiles]
July 2012
[Jul 30, 2012: Construction of first Project 955A submarine formally inaugurated] [Jul 28, 2012: Successful launch of Strela-3 and Gonets-M communication satellites] [Jul 27, 2012: Novomoskovsk submarine returns to service] [Jul 24, 2012: RS-24 missiles to replace UR-100NUTTH in Kozelsk] [Jul 11, 2012: Ekaterinburg and Bryansk submarines are in dry dock]
June 2012
[Jun 07, 2012: Test of Topol from Kapustin Yar] [Jun 04, 2012: Point of distraction] [Jun 01, 2012: Novomoskovsk submarine returns to sea]
May 2012
[May 31, 2012: An early-warning satellite command center opens up] [May 23, 2012: Voronezh-M radar in Mishelevka begins combat duty] [May 23, 2012: Russia tests prototype of a new ICBM] [May 17, 2012: Cosmos-2480 - new Kobalt-M reconnaissance spacecraft] [May 06, 2012: Russia's "sectoral defense" in Europe]
April 2012
[Apr 12, 2012: Parsing the New START data] [Apr 09, 2012: March 2012 New START data released] [Apr 07, 2012: Voronezh-M radar in Mishelevka identified]
March 2012
[Mar 30, 2012: Cosmos-2479 - new geostationary early warning satellite] [Mar 24, 2012: Verkhoturie submarine launched after overhaul ] [Mar 22, 2012: New Voronezh-M radar in Mishelevka entered trials] [Mar 07, 2012: Russian strategic submarines to resume regular patrols in June 2012] [Mar 07, 2012: New plans for strategic submarines]
February 2012
[Feb 13, 2012: Ekaterinburg submarine had missiles on board during the fire] [Feb 11, 2012: Radar in Lekhtusi begins combat duty]
December 2011
[Dec 30, 2011: Fire on Ekaterinburg submarine] [Dec 28, 2011: Russia begins R&D on a new strategic bomber] [Dec 28, 2011: Second RS-24 regiment begins combat duty] [Dec 27, 2011: New warhead tested in a UR-100NUTTH/SS-19 launch] [Dec 23, 2011: Failed launch of a Meridian satellite] [Dec 23, 2011: Successful salvo launch of Bulava missiles] [Dec 20, 2011: Test of a missile defense interceptor] [Dec 19, 2011: Verkhoturie Project 667BDRM submarine will return to service in 2012] [Dec 19, 2011: RS-24 deployment in Teykovo, Novosibirsk, and Kozelsk] [Dec 16, 2011: New command and control system for the Rocket Forces] [Dec 16, 2011: Rocket Forces launch plans for 2012] [Dec 01, 2011: Russia creates Air and Space Defense Forces]
November 2011
[Nov 29, 2011: Voronezh-DM radar near Kaliningrad is operational] [Nov 28, 2011: Glonass system is almost complete after successful Glonass-M launch] [Nov 23, 2011: Russia's response to missile defense] [Nov 04, 2011: Successful launch of three Glonass-M satellites] [Nov 03, 2011: Launch of Topol to confirm missile life extension]
October 2011
[Oct 28, 2011: Topol might stay in service until 2019] [Oct 28, 2011: Successful launch of Bulava from Yuri Dolgorukiy] [Oct 24, 2011: Aleksandr Nevskiy begins see trials] [Oct 24, 2011: Cosmos-2472 completed its mission] [Oct 22, 2011: September 2011 New START data released] [Oct 08, 2011: Russia has been testing laser ASAT] [Oct 04, 2011: Liner SLBM explained] [Oct 04, 2011: Not much information about failed new ICBM] [Oct 03, 2011: Glonass-M satellite joins the constellation]
September 2011
[Sep 29, 2011: Second test of the Liner SLBM] [Sep 28, 2011: What was the ICBM that crashed in Plesetsk?] [Sep 21, 2011: Cosmos-2473 - Garpun-type relay satellite] [Sep 03, 2011: Old Topol is tested with a new warhead]
August 2011
[Aug 27, 2011: Bulava full-range test is a success] [Aug 18, 2011: New generation early-warning satellite turned up in court] [Aug 17, 2011: Dnepr launch from Dombarovsky] [Aug 17, 2011: New missiles will replace UR-100NUTTH/SS-19 in Kozelsk] [Aug 12, 2011: 2011 Topol-M deployment plans confirmed] [Aug 09, 2011: First RS-24 regiment assumed combat duty] [Aug 09, 2011: Multiple warheads of the Liner SLBM]
July 2011
[Jul 27, 2011: Ekaterinburg submarine successfully launches R-29RM Sineva missile] [Jul 27, 2011: Location of Voronezh-DM radar in Kaliningrad] [Jul 07, 2011: Deployment of the first full regiment of RS-24 is completed]
June 2011
[Jun 28, 2011: Cosmos-2470/Geo-IK-2 officially declared lost] [Jun 28, 2011: Bulava launched from Yuri Dolgorukiy submarine] [Jun 27, 2011: Launch of Cosmos-2472] [Jun 23, 2011: Daryal-U radar in Mishelevka demolished] [Jun 13, 2011: Cosmos-2422 early warning satellite is alive and well] [Jun 01, 2011: Some New START data released]
May 2011
[May 27, 2011: Is Russia reviving an old laser ASAT project?] [May 26, 2011: Yuri Dolgorukiy out of the dock, Novomoskovsk is back in] [May 23, 2011: What is Liner SLBM?] [May 20, 2011: Another Sineva launch from Ekaterinburg submarine] [May 14, 2011: New ICBM contract reportedly went to Makeyev Design Bureau] [May 12, 2011: Missile production plans for 2011-2013] [May 04, 2011: Meridian-4 communication satellite in orbit]
April 2011
[Apr 26, 2011: Successful Sineva launch] [Apr 21, 2011: Some details of the New START negotiations] [Apr 20, 2011: Three more RS-24 will be deployed in 2011] [Apr 07, 2011: START-type data exchange]
March 2011
[Mar 28, 2011: Where is the New START data?] [Mar 09, 2011: RS-24 warheads - three or four?] [Mar 04, 2011: RS-24 regiment begins combat duty] [Mar 01, 2011: Russia hardens its position on tactical nuclear weapons]
February 2011
[Feb 26, 2011: Successful launch of the first Glonass-K satellite] [Feb 24, 2011: Russia to spend $70 billion on strategic forces by 2020] [Feb 22, 2011: Early-warning radar in Kaliningrad - not until 2016] [Feb 20, 2011: Bulava to be accepted for service in 2011?] [Feb 05, 2011: New START treaty enters into force] [Feb 01, 2011: New geodetic satellite failed to reach working orbit]
January 2011
[Jan 27, 2011: Early-warning radar in Kaliningrad region?] [Jan 27, 2011: Russia ratified New START] [Jan 15, 2011: Overview of the Russian strategic bomber force] [Jan 14, 2011: Duma sets its own understandings of New START] [Jan 06, 2011: Offense and defense after New START] [Jan 03, 2011: Rocket Forces missile launch plans for 2011]
December 2010
[Dec 28, 2010: A new early-warning radar is built near Irkutsk] [Dec 20, 2010: Would Russia build a new MIRVed ICBM?] [Dec 17, 2010: Topol-M and RS-24 missiles in 2010] [Dec 17, 2010: Rocket Forces will keep R-36M2 missiles until 2026] [Dec 15, 2010: Bulava test is moved to 2011] [Dec 13, 2010: Novomoskovsk to return to service in 2012] [Dec 05, 2010: Topol launch from Kapustin Yar] [Dec 05, 2010: Loss of three Glonass-M satellites]
November 2010
[Nov 30, 2010: Missiles and tactical nuclear weapons] [Nov 30, 2010: Weather keeps Aleksandr Nevskiy submarine in dock] [Nov 30, 2010: Mobile Topol-Ms go MIRV] [Nov 29, 2010: U.S.-Russian discussions of missile threats] [Nov 25, 2010: Date for next Bulava test is set] [Nov 02, 2010: Space Forces launched new Meridian communication satellite]
October 2010
[Oct 29, 2010: Another success for Bulava] [Oct 28, 2010: NATO and the future of missile defense in Europe] [Oct 28, 2010: R-29RM Sineva and R-29R launched successfully] [Oct 28, 2010: Successful launch of an old Topol] [Oct 21, 2010: Russia and China to exchange launch notifications] [Oct 07, 2010: Bulava launch reported success]
September 2010
[Sep 30, 2010: Cosmos-2469 might be the last HEO early-warning satellite] [Sep 24, 2010: Bulava troubles delay the submarine construction program] [Sep 08, 2010: Gonets-M, Strela-3, and Strela-3M satellites are in orbit] [Sep 02, 2010: Only two satellites left in Russia's early-warning system] [Sep 02, 2010: Three new Glonass-M satellites are in orbit]
August 2010
[Aug 28, 2010: Tu-160 bomber returned to service after overhaul] [Aug 23, 2010: Project 667BDRM submarines begin second round of overhauls] [Aug 06, 2010: Successful salvo launch of R-29RM missiles]
July 2010
[Jul 27, 2010: Project 667BDR submarine decommissioned] [Jul 21, 2010: Cosmos-2462 satellite completed its mission] [Jul 19, 2010: Le RS-24 est arrivé!] [Jul 15, 2010: Bulava test is scheduled for August 2010] [Jul 06, 2010: Republicans question the New START Treaty] [Jul 01, 2010: Do we have a confirmation of RS-24 deployment?]
June 2010
[Jun 30, 2010: Commission approves more tests for Bulava] [Jun 22, 2010: Change of command in the Strategic Rocket Forces] [Jun 21, 2010: Dnepr successfully launches TanDEM-X satellite] [Jun 15, 2010: Successful Dnepr/R-36MUTTH launch from Dombarovsky] [Jun 09, 2010: Russian stockpile stewardship program]
May 2010
April 2010
[Apr 30, 2010: New START on rail-mobile ICBMs and reloads] [Apr 28, 2010: Early warning system is down to three satellites] [Apr 27, 2010: Cosmos-2463 joins Parus constellation] [Apr 16, 2010: Kobalt-M launches continue with Cosmos-2462] [Apr 13, 2010: Is RS-24 already deployed?] [Apr 08, 2010: Successful launch of a Dnepr launcher/R-36MUTTH missile] [Apr 08, 2010: New START Treaty signed]
March 2010
[Mar 31, 2010: The New START bomber count and upload potential] [Mar 29, 2010: Assessing START follow-on] [Mar 29, 2010: Submarine construction plans (and delays)] [Mar 27, 2010: New START treaty in numbers] [Mar 26, 2010: New START Treaty deal reached] [Mar 12, 2010: Missile defense poisons everything] [Mar 04, 2010: Successful launch of R-29RM Sineva missile] [Mar 02, 2010: First Glonass launch in 2010] [Mar 01, 2010: Second Topol-M regiment in Teykovo]
February 2010
[Feb 25, 2010: What to do about tactical nuclear weapons] [Feb 05, 2010: New Russian military doctrine]
January 2010
[Jan 28, 2010: New Raduga-class communication satellite is in orbit] [Jan 22, 2010: Karelia submarine returns to service] [Jan 19, 2010: No RS-24 until 2011?] [Jan 11, 2010: Bulava tests will not resume until summer] [Jan 09, 2010: Missile overproduction and proliferation of R-27/SS-N-6] [Jan 06, 2010: Topol-M deployment in 2010] [Jan 06, 2010: Where is RS-24?]
December 2009
[Dec 24, 2009: Successful launch of R-36M2 missile] [Dec 23, 2009: Radar in Lekhtusi accepted for service] [Dec 22, 2009: Stealth plans] [Dec 22, 2009: Fourth Project 955 submarine postponed] [Dec 17, 2009: The Strategic Rocket Forces at 50] [Dec 16, 2009: Missile launch plans in 2010] [Dec 14, 2009: Three Glonass-M satellites added to the constellation] [Dec 10, 2009: Launch of Topol from Kapustin Yar] [Dec 09, 2009: No luck for Bulava] [Dec 04, 2009: START Treaty expires] [Dec 02, 2009: Missed START deadline?] [Dec 01, 2009: Main command center of the early warning system]
November 2009
[Nov 24, 2009: How easy is it to extend START?] [Nov 20, 2009: Cosmos-2455 - a new generation electronic intelligence satellite] [Nov 17, 2009: START bridging agreement] [Nov 12, 2009: Karelia submarine begins sea trials] [Nov 12, 2009: Megatons to Megawatts program still doesn't make sense] [Nov 11, 2009: Post-START verification gap] [Nov 02, 2009: Photos of Yuri Dolgorukiy] [Nov 02, 2009: Success eludes Bulava] [Nov 01, 2009: Successful launch of a R-29RM missile]
October 2009
[Oct 29, 2009: Successful test of a missile defense interceptor] [Oct 26, 2009: Waiting for Bulava launch] [Oct 14, 2009: New Russian doctrine and preventive nuclear strikes] [Oct 13, 2009: Will Russia's numbers decline without START follow-on?] [Oct 12, 2009: Bulava launch expected this week] [Oct 09, 2009: Two test launches of R-29R missiles] [Oct 09, 2009: Last START data exchange?]
September 2009
[Sep 19, 2009: New commander of the Strategic Aviation] [Sep 18, 2009: Not all Topol-Ms want to be RS-24] [Sep 17, 2009: The right decision on missile defense] [Sep 14, 2009: The false promise of missile defense] [Sep 05, 2009: No silo-based Topol-M in 2009]
August 2009
[Aug 23, 2009: Project 955 Saint Nicholas] [Aug 05, 2009: Russian attack submarines do patrol sometimes] [Aug 04, 2009: Force reductions in 2009] [Aug 03, 2009: New commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces]
July 2009
[Jul 29, 2009: R-36MUTTH/Dnepr space launch from Baykonur] [Jul 22, 2009: Bulava designer resigned] [Jul 22, 2009: The Moscow summit: A positive first step] [Jul 21, 2009: Cosmos-2454 - new Parus navigation satellite] [Jul 16, 2009: Bulava test reportedly failed] [Jul 14, 2009: Second SLBM launch in two days] [Jul 14, 2009: Bulava test expected] [Jul 13, 2009: Successful launch of R-29RM missile] [Jul 06, 2009: Rockot launched three communication satellites] [Jul 06, 2009: Good progress at the Moscow summit] [Jul 02, 2009: Typhoon submarines are staying] [Jul 02, 2009: Will missile defense derail START-Plus?] [Jul 01, 2009: There are many ways to count launchers]
June 2009
[Jun 22, 2009: Bulava tests to resume later this summer] [Jun 19, 2009: Russia wants better deal on missile defense] [Jun 19, 2009: Yuri Dolgorukiy goes to the sea] [Jun 03, 2009: Project 955 submarines deployment] [Jun 03, 2009: More delays for Bulava]
May 2009
[May 31, 2009: Last plutonium production reactor shut down] [May 27, 2009: Consolidation of Russia's nuclear complex] [May 27, 2009: What if North Korea were the only nuclear weapon state?] [May 26, 2009: Who is afraid of Rose Gottemoeller?] [May 22, 2009: Launch of the second Meridian communication satellite] [May 20, 2009: Movements of bombers in 2009] [May 06, 2009: Missile defense ban through the back door] [May 06, 2009: How (not) to size a nuclear force] [May 04, 2009: Tu-95MS bomber transferred to Voronezh]
April 2009
[Apr 29, 2009: Early-warning satellites - old and new] [Apr 29, 2009: Cosmos-2450 - new Kobalt-M reconnaissance satellite] [Apr 28, 2009: Will the new treaty get a name? How about START Plus?] [Apr 22, 2009: No SORT after START?] [Apr 21, 2009: Details of Rocket Forces reorganization] [Apr 21, 2009: Russia wants the ABM Treaty back] [Apr 10, 2009: Tu-160 bomber is back in service] [Apr 10, 2009: Rocket Forces tell about plans for 2009] [Apr 10, 2009: Test launch of Topol] [Apr 04, 2009: Russia continues to eliminate old systems] [Apr 03, 2009: Reaction to the Obama-Medvedev joint statement on arms control] [Apr 01, 2009: Medvedev-Obama statement on arms control]
March 2009
[Mar 31, 2009: An arms control summit?] [Mar 19, 2009: Bombers test-launch cruise missiles] [Mar 17, 2009: "No fewer than four" warheads on RS-24] [Mar 10, 2009: Number of Topol-Ms reaches 65 (at last)] [Mar 07, 2009: Russia clarifies its position on arms control treaty] [Mar 05, 2009: No Bulava test until at least June] [Mar 04, 2009: Broadening the disarmament agenda through START] [Mar 02, 2009: U.S. missile defense offer to Russia]
February 2009
[Feb 28, 2009: New Raduga communication relay satellite] [Feb 28, 2009: Cosmos-2445 landing in Bashkortostan] [Feb 27, 2009: Canada doesn't like Russian bombers] [Feb 26, 2009: Armavir radar fills the gap] [Feb 23, 2009: Cosmos-2445 completed its mission] [Feb 17, 2009: Ten missile submarine patrols in 2008] [Feb 14, 2009: Bulava test expected in March] [Feb 13, 2009: Persona satellite failure] [Feb 11, 2009: More Topol-Ms to be deployed in Teykovo] [Feb 11, 2009: Collision in space] [Feb 11, 2009: Two radars at Armavir] [Feb 09, 2009: Voronezh-class radars photos] [Feb 06, 2009: Strategic Rocket Forces on Google Earth] [Feb 04, 2009: More details on the Bulava test program]
January 2009
[Jan 25, 2009: Long-term force projections] [Jan 22, 2009: Fewer Topol-Ms] [Jan 20, 2009: The radar site in Armavir?] [Jan 16, 2009: Russia's new arms development] [Jan 01, 2009: R-39 flight test program]
December 2008
[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]
November 2008
[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]
October 2008
[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]
September 2008
[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]
August 2008
[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]
July 2008
[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]
June 2008
[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 2008
[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]
April 2008
[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]
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?] [May 15, 2007: New commander of the 37th Air Army]
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]
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
August 2003
The book
