Strategic Missile Forces 2024, April

Preparation for the launch of the rocket "Rokot". Plesetsk, August 2018 Photo by Roskosmos Since the 1960s, our country has operated light-class launch vehicles based on various types of combat ballistic missiles. Regular launches of such missiles were carried out until recently

Topol-M missile launch. In the medium term, this type of PGRK will have to be written off and replaced. Photo by the RF Ministry of Defense Strategic Rocket Forces operate the Topol and Yars mobile ground-based missile systems. In the past, another complex of this class was being developed

PGRK "Topol" on the march. In the future, they will be abandoned due to obsolescence According to media reports, the development of a new strategic missile system has begun in our country. The project with the code "Kedr" is still in its earliest stages, and the appearance of ready-made missiles is expected

Parade formation of the new PGRK On October 10, a military parade dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the DPRK Labor Party was held in Pyongyang. At this event, the Korean People's Army showed a number of promising samples of various kinds, including a new mobile ground-based missile system with an intercontinental

The Yars mobile ground missile system of the Tagil missile formation, photo of the RF Ministry of Defense On January 28, 2021, in the report on the Single Day of Military Acceptance, information was provided that in December last year, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation adopted 11 new

Pukkykson-5A missiles at the parade On the evening of January 14, a military parade was held in Pyongyang to mark the end of the VIII Congress of the DPRK Labor Party. During this event, a lot of already known samples of weapons and equipment, as well as several new developments, were demonstrated. The greatest interest

The first serial Typhoon-M, used in the Strategic Missile Forces Academy, 2013. Photo by Vitalykuzmin.net One of the samples

Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation For a start, as a preface. The nuclear weapons of every country that have them is a very complex component of state security. It is clear that this is a single-use weapon, since the first use automatically becomes the last one, condemning the whole world

Chief of the General Staff, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, announced the beginning of the service of the promising Peresvet laser systems. This product completed the stage of experimental combat duty and switched to full-fledged combat duty. Reportedly, the task of "Peresvet" is to ensure the work of mobile

OTRK LORA of the Azerbaijani army, photo: press service of the President of AzerbaijanIn the modern world, interest in high-precision weapons is consistently high. At the same time, the positions of Russia and the United States are strong in the market of operational-tactical missile systems. Both countries have in their military export portfolios

The Russian Strategic Missile Forces are celebrating their 60th anniversary with new work aimed at increasing combat effectiveness and maintaining combat potential. In this context, the project of a promising complex with the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental missile is of particular importance. Goes now

Launch of R-36M2 ICBMs. Photo Rbase.new-factoria.ru For several decades, the key element of the ground component of the strategic nuclear forces were intercontinental ballistic missiles of the R-36M line. However, to date, even the newest modifications of the "Voevoda" are outdated, and their

As we said earlier, historically the most important component of the strategic nuclear forces (SNF) of the USSR, and then of the Russian Federation, has always been the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces). In the United States, the development of strategic nuclear forces began with the aviation component - strategic bombers and nuclear bombs

The events of recent months are leading to a serious change in the international situation and may be a sign of the beginning of a new Cold War. Against their background, a special interest arises in the strategic nuclear forces of future potential adversaries. An interesting look at this issue was posted on August 6

The first test of a sea-based cruise missile of the "Tomahok" type from a land range, carried out the other day in the United States, was announced as a "launch from a mobile platform" was an expected event. Unlike other types of shorter and medium-range missile weapons, transfer a naval CD, albeit

Funds of the BZHRK "Molodets" In 2017-2018 it became known that the Russian defense industry has stopped work on the creation of a promising combat railway missile system (BZHRK) "Barguzin" for the strategic missile forces. However, the topic of rocket trains

This year, the Strategic Missile Forces will receive the first serial missile systems with the Avangard hypersonic gliding warhead. The adoption of this system will become a worthy final of a long and complex project implemented by domestic science and industry. Although most of the data on

Ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles are a key component of strategic nuclear forces, and therefore turn out to be a priority target for the enemy. Launchers of such ICBMs need to be protected by all available means, and in the past, active work was carried out to

At the military parade held on October 1 in honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, a lot of different new products were shown. Among them is the long-awaited premiere of the DF-41 ICBM, about which for decades Chinese fans and various "insiders" have spun tales no worse than the heroes of the famous

As we pointed out in previous materials, throughout recent history, the United States has sought to break nuclear parity with the USSR (Russia). If they had their plans, it is highly probable that we would not have had the opportunity to discuss the consequences of this. There are legitimate concerns about

On July 23, 1985, in the area of the city of Yoshkar-Ola, the first missile regiment in the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Rocket Forces) was put on alert, armed with a Topol mobile ground-based missile system (PGRK) with a solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

Since the early nineties, the US armed forces have been operating the ATACMS tactical missile system with several modifications of MGM-140 and MGM-164 missiles. Such weapons can be used to destroy targets at ranges of up to 300 km using high-explosive fragmentation or cluster combat

So North Korea is threatening the world with a "nuclear club" … The variety of ground-based combat ballistic missiles is so great that we will only talk about intercontinental (ICBM) missiles with a range of more than 5,500 kilometers - and only China, Russia and USA. (UK and

Currently on duty in the Strategic Missile Forces are several hundred intercontinental ballistic missiles of various types. About half of these weapons are located in silo launchers, while other items are transported to the launch site using mobile ground missile systems

The main elements of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, ensuring the minimization of the likelihood of large-scale aggression against our country, are the strategic nuclear forces (SNF). In its current form, the strategic nuclear forces of the Russian Federation are a classic nuclear triad, which includes missile forces

Due to the lack of effective means of anti-missile defense (ABM) against medium-range ballistic missiles (Russia, the United States and Israel have corresponding systems of protection against short-range missiles, they will soon appear in Europe and on the territory of the Arabian monarchies) such carriers can

The RT-2PM2 missile system will cease to enter service with the Russian army, it will be replaced by the Yars. Russian Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) will be re-equipped from the Topol-M single-block mobile ground-based missile systems to the new Yars missiles with a multiple warhead

Not so long ago, an interesting new tradition was formed in the domestic armed forces. A few days before the holiday of this or that kind of troops, a press conference is held with the participation of the commander of these troops. At such events, military leaders talk about their accomplished deeds and plans for

Currently, in the interests of the Russian strategic missile forces, several new complexes of various kinds are being developed, including those using fundamentally new components and products. The command of the Strategic Missile Forces tries to regularly publish this or that information about the course

In general, the idea of a car - a launcher with Minuteman I and MX ICBMs was similar to that used by Soviet developers. At the early stage of the Minuteman program, it was planned to create and put into service intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) of this family of two types

Developers of strategic strike systems are returning to Soviet rails The Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering, in cooperation with a number of enterprises, is actively working on the creation of a new Barguzin combat railroad missile system (BZHRK). In this regard, it is worth remembering that we already had

Artillery trail in the history of the RT-15 But in April 1961, no one thought about such a development of events - just like the fact that the chairman of the Council of Chief Designers for the RT-2 rocket project, Academician Sergei Korolev, had only five years of life left, and he will not even see how the first solid fuel

Over the past several months, officials have talked about the imminent start of deliveries of serial Avangard missile systems and the approaching date for putting such systems on alert. According to the latest data, work in this direction has led to the desired results. Rocket

On the eve of the Day of Strategic Missile Forces, several news appeared regarding the further development of this type of troops. In parallel with the operation of existing missile systems, it is planned to create new ones. One of the new projects involves the creation of a combat

According to the news of recent months, this year the first Avangard missile systems, which include hypersonic gliding winged warheads, will take up combat duty. Due to the special combat load, the new complexes are capable of showing high technical and combat

Currently, the strategic missile forces and submarine forces of the navy are armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles of a number of types. Some of the products of this class have already been discontinued, but are still in operation. Others are produced and supplied in

In 2021, it is planned to put into service a new missile system with an intercontinental ballistic missile RS-28 "Sarmat". At the moment, the new weapon is undergoing a test cycle, and the bulk of the data on it remains secret. However, official sources have already disclosed

The United States intends to break the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, which in the future may lead to very different consequences in the military-political sphere. The former parties to the agreement will be able to start creating new weapons and reorganizing the corresponding army structures. except

In 1967, a new UR-100 complex with an 8K84 intercontinental ballistic missile entered service with the strategic missile forces. Due to its simplicity and relative cheapness, such a rocket could be produced in large quantities. However, the simplification of the design and a number of others

The main contribution to ensuring the security of the Russian Federation is made by its strategic nuclear forces, which include strategic missile forces, long-range aviation and part of the submarine fleet. Like other components of the armed forces, the strategic nuclear forces undergo systematic modernization and