Strategic Missile Forces 2024, April

One of the main international topics of recent times is Russia's accusations of violating the terms of the treaty on the elimination of intermediate and short-range missiles (INF). We will remind, not so long ago, the US State Department published a report on compliance with the terms of various international agreements. The document stated

In 1988, in accordance with the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Short-Range Missiles, the Soviet Union decommissioned several missile systems covered by the agreement. The newest systems with a medium-range missile, which had to be abandoned, were the systems of the family

On the eve of the 55th anniversary of the creation of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), rearmament is in full swing. The current pace, of course, cannot be compared with the Soviet ones in the second half of the 70s and early 80s, when the troops

One of the main areas of work within the framework of the State Arms Program, calculated until 2020, is the renewal of weapons and equipment of the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces). A few days ago, on July 17, a meeting of the Strategic Missile Forces Military Council was held, dedicated to the development of this type of troops, and

One of the most important Soviet-American treaties of the 1980s, on intermediate and short-range missiles (INF), may again become the subject of negotiations between Moscow and Washington. The United States is worried about the possibility of Russia's withdrawal from the INF Treaty. However, such a decision, if made

The Ukrainian crisis continues to worsen the situation in the international arena. The United States and European states are making attempts to put pressure on Russia, which does not share their views on the Ukrainian events. Until recently, the only instrument of such pressure was the sanctions imposed on certain

On the eve of the 55th anniversary of the creation of the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces), rearmament is in full swing. The current pace, of course, is not comparable to the Soviet ones in the second half of the 70s and early 80s, when the troops received more than 200 missiles per year - intercontinental SS-17, SS-18, SS-19, medium

The Russian Ministry of Defense has once again told the general public about the project of a promising intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for strategic missile forces. This time Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov spoke about the progress of the project. In his interview for the radio station

On June 23, the United States conducted another test launch as part of the creation of its GMD (Ground-based Midcourse Defense system) missile defense system. It is reported that the GBI (Ground-Based Interceptor

Three combat training launches of intercontinental missiles were made in the first half of Thursday. The first RSM-50 warhead flew from the Sea of Okhotsk from the St. George the Victorious submarine, the second, the RS-12M Topol, from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The third - "Sineva" - from the submarine cruiser "Bryansk" in

In the second half of the forties, aircraft designers from leading countries began to create new aircraft with jet engines. The new type of power plant made it possible to significantly improve the characteristics of aircraft. The emergence and active development of jet aircraft has become a cause for concern

In early March, information about a new Chinese medium-range ballistic missile reappeared in the Western press. The new weapon has sufficiently high characteristics, thanks to which it can have a noticeable impact on the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region. China's new missile may

First of all, we note that all ballistic missiles are part of the corresponding ballistic missile complexes, which, in addition to the ballistic missiles themselves, include prelaunch preparation systems, fire control devices and other elements. Since the main element of these complexes is the rocket itself, the authors will consider

Healthy competition among the leading design bureaus and enterprises of our "defense industry" has survived and, contrary to the forecasts of skeptics, is yielding real results. Confirmation of this was the fact that the strategic submarine forces of Russia adopted a fundamentally improved complex with a missile

New Russian sea-based cruise missiles "nullify" American military power in the vast geopolitical region from Warsaw to Kabul, from Rome to Baghdad US President Barack Obama, speaking at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, called Russia's actions the main threat to the world, more

The European concern MBDA has conducted the second test of the new "anti-bunker" munition HardBut. The development of a heavy bomb is being carried out jointly with the Departments of Defense of Great Britain and France and should end with the creation of ammunition designed to destroy a wide range of targets

Experts argue about how to replace the aging "Satan" Hot news, as often happens, comes to us from across the ocean. Former Chief of the General Staff of the Strategic Missile Forces, Candidate of Military Sciences, Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences, retired Colonel-General Viktor

For a long time I thought whether to write about the defense industry complex or not. Here the matter is, on the one hand, everyone knows that we produce good weapons, they buy them from us, and this is what we can really be proud of. On the other hand, emo patriots have a bunch of reasons to go by themselves, that is, to belittle their dignity

On October 7, 2010, the 13th test launch of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile was carried out from a submerged position from the Dmitry Donskoy nuclear submarine. She started from the White Sea and successfully hit the conditional targets at the Kura training ground in Kamchatka. On

Russian mobile missile systems "Topol" ("Serp" according to NATO classification) still do not allow American "hawks" to sleep peacefully. No one except the Russians was able to attach wheels to an intercontinental ballistic missile In early March, the Strategic Missile Forces

Raytheon and Boeing first published live video footage of the latest JAGM missile. This test is one of the last steps in the question

But the half-ton ASP-500 failed to break through the wall of bureaucratic indifference. Among other things, they remembered the "aircraft fire extinguishing agent - 500" - a half-ton "water bomb"

The Americans are working to create an emitter that triggers the detonators of all mines and bombs in the surrounding area. In recent years, there have been reports of the development in the United States of a top secret weapon that causes the automatic detonation of improvised fuses

However, even today Russia is capable of inflicting guaranteed unacceptable damage to any aggressor

Boeing is developing the next generation Air Dominator ammunition for patrolling the area of hostilities and striking suddenly detected targets. This ammunition for attacking ground targets, the use of which is envisaged in the next decade, will be able to

The BrahMos, a Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missile, is capable of becoming "invisible" and bypassing the missile defense system of modern warships. She attacks the enemy, diving from a height. The name of the rocket comes from the names of two rivers - Brahmaputra in India and Moscow in

The 1983 development turned out to be more reliable than the Bulava The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph broke out in a panic article about the combat capabilities of the Russian Turquoise missile system (export name Club-K), which was recently demonstrated at the Asian Defense Systems Exhibition in

The mega-experts, who were crying that Russia would soon be left practically without nuclear missiles, screwed up again. The Strategic Missile Forces adopted the new Yars strategic intercontinental missile with a multiple warhead. "We accepted and

The most important elements of strategic deterrence in Russia's nuclear triad are Topol mobile missile systems. But the "poplars" did not grow in one day, and the road to them was paved by the design team headed by Alexander Nadiradze. The first step on this path was

Tests of the Bulava missile will be resumed no earlier than November this year. It was not possible to reliably identify the reason for the previous unsuccessful launches, and now the RF Ministry of Defense hopes to do this by a new method - by launching three "absolutely identical" missiles one after the other. About this yesterday

A special commission of the Ministry of Defense handed over to the government the materials of the investigation of unsuccessful launches of the sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile "Bulava". Officially, the specific reasons for the numerous failures have not yet been announced, however, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has already stated that

Discussions on an important international issue have resumed in the United States. A number of American experts suspect Russia of developing medium-range ballistic missiles, which contradicts the existing Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at the end of 1987. V

The depressing situation in the field of ballistic support threatens the process of development of practically all means of warfare Development of the domestic weapons system is impossible without a theoretical basis, the formation of which, in turn, is impossible without highly qualified specialists and

The re-equipment of the strategic missile forces continues. In addition to missile systems, the Strategic Missile Forces receive new types of auxiliary equipment. So, last year, missile forces began to receive engineering support and camouflage vehicles (MIOM) 15М69 and remote control vehicles

And the name of the rocket was R-36. Well, or to be precise - "product 8K67". True, the Americans for some reason preferred to call it SS-9 and even invented its own name - Scarp, which means “Steep Slope.” This rocket was a very important step for the USSR in gaining its civilizational freedom. Everything

In recent years, a kind of tradition has emerged in the Russian Ministry of Defense. Before the holiday of this or that kind of troops, his command tells the public about the latest successes and plans for the future. Earlier this week, the Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces took the floor

On December 17, the day of the Strategic Missile Forces, the commander-in-chief of this branch of the armed forces, Colonel-General S. Karakaev, spoke about the plans of the Ministry of Defense for the near future. The commander-in-chief made several statements concerning both the development of the strategic missile forces in general and the development of new projects. V

On December 14, the German edition Bild published sensational news. From sources in the German Ministry of Defense, journalists learned about the latest actions of the Russian military. According to the newspaper, Russia has deployed in the Kaliningrad region a number of new operational-tactical missile

The US Congress Commission on Economic and Security Relations with China issued a new report a few days ago. According to the commission, next year the People's Liberation Army of China will begin operating new JL-2 ballistic missiles ("Juilan-2" - "Big Wave-2")

In recent years, the United States and NATO have been engaged in several promising projects designed to improve their defenses. First of all, it is the Euro-Atlantic missile defense system. It is assumed that the construction of a number of military facilities in Eastern Europe will protect