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TheStrategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federationor theStrategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation(RVSN RF;Russian:Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Федерации (РВСН РФ),romanized:Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii,lit. 'Strategic Purpose Rocketry Troops of the Russian Federation') is aseparate-troops branchof theRussian Armed Forcesthat controls Russia's land-basedintercontinental ballistic missiles(ICBMs). It was formerly part of theSoviet Armed Forcesfrom 1959 to 1991.

Strategic Rocket Forces
Ракетные войска стратегического назначения
Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya
Emblem of the Strategic Rocket Forces
Founded17 December 1959;64 years ago(1959-12-17)
Country
BranchRussian Armed Forces
TypeStrategic missile force
RoleStrategic missile deterrence
Size50,000 personnel (2020)[1]
HeadquartersVlasikha,2.5 km northwest ofOdintsovo,Moscow Oblast
Motto(s)"После нас - тишина" (" After us - silence ")
MarchArtillery March(Марш Артиллеристов) byTikhon Khrennikov
Anniversaries17 December
EquipmentBallistic missiles,cruise missiles
EngagementsCuban Missile Crisis
Able Archer 83
Norwegian rocket incident
Russo-Ukrainian War[2]
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel GeneralSergei Karakayev[ru]
Notable
commanders		MarshalIgor Sergeyev
Insignia
Flag
Patch
Middle Emblem
Insignia
Sergei Karakayev (2015)

The Strategic Rocket Forces was created on 17 December 1959 as part of theSoviet Armed Forcesas the main force for operating all Soviet nuclear ground-basedintercontinental,intermediate-range ballistic missile,andmedium-range ballistic missilewith ranges over 1,000 kilometers. After theSoviet Union collapsedin 1991, assets of the Strategic Rocket Forces were in the territories of several new states in addition to Russia, with armed nuclear missile silos in Belarus, Kazakhstan andUkraine.The three of them transferred their missiles to Russia for dismantling and they all joined theNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Complementary strategic forces within Russia include theRussian Aerospace Forces'Long Range Aviationand theRussian Navy'sballistic missile submarines.Together the three bodies form Russia'snuclear triad.

History

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The first Soviet rocket study unit was established in June 1946, by redesignating the 92ndGuards MortarRegiment atBad BerkainEast Germanyas the 22nd Brigade for Special Use of theReserve of the Supreme High Command.[3]On October 18, 1947, the brigade conducted the first launch of the remanufactured former GermanA-4ballistic missile, orR-1,from theKapustin YarRange.[4]In the early 1950s the 77th and 90th Brigades were formed to operate the R-1 (SS-1a 'Scunner'). The 54th and 56th Brigades were formed to conduct test launches of theR-2(SS-2 'Sibling') at Kapustin Yar on June 1, 1952.

The 5th Scientific Research Proving Ground was established in 1955 inKzyl-Orda Oblastat the town of Zarya later Leninsk, and finally in 1995Baikonur.[5]Also established that year was the 43rd Independent Scientific Experimental Station (Klyuchi,Kamchatka Krai) as an outstation of the Baikonur test site. Two years later "Object Angara" was formed atPlesetsk,Arkhangelsk Oblast, which after another name change in 1959 eventually became the53rd Scientific Research Proving Groundin 1963.[6]

From 1959 the Soviets introduced a number ofintercontinental ballistic missiles(ICBMs) into service, including theR-12(SS-4 'Sandal'), theR-7(SS-6 'Sapwood'), theR-16(SS-7 'Saddler'), theR-9(SS-8 'Sasin'), theR-26(given the NATO reporting name SS-8 'Sasin' due to incorrect identification as the R-9), theR-36(SS-9 'Scarp'), and theRT-21(SS-16 'Sinner'), which was possibly never made fully operational.

By 1990 all early types of missiles had been retired from service. In 1990, the Strategic Missile Forces were officially established as a service branch of the Armed Forces under the direct control of the Defense Ministry. The date of its formal foundation, December 17, is celebrated as Strategic Missile Forces Day.

Two rocket armies were formed in 1960. The43rd Rocket Armyand the50th Rocket Armywere formed from the previous 43rd and 50th Air Armies of theLong Range Aviation.

During a test of theR-16 ICBMon October 24, 1960, the test missile exploded on the pad, killing the first commander of the SRF,Chief Marshalof ArtilleryMitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin.This disaster, the details of which were concealed for decades, became known as theNedelin catastrophe.He was succeeded byMarshal of the Soviet UnionKirill Moskalenkowho was in turn quickly succeeded by MarshalSergey Biryuzov.[7]Under Marshal Вiryuzov the SRF deployed missiles to Cuba in 1962 as part ofOperation Anadyr.36R-12intermediate range ballistic missileswere sent to Cuba, initiating theCuban Missile Crisis.The 43rd Guards Missile Division of 43rd Rocket Army manned the missiles while in Cuba.[8]

MarshalNikolai Krylovtook over in March 1963 and served until February 1972. During this time French PresidentCharles de Gaullevisited the Strategic Missile Forces in 1966. Together with NI Krylov, he visited a missile division in Novosibirsk, and then at the invitation of Leonid Brezhnev participated in a demonstration missile launch at theBaikonur Cosmodromein theKazakh SSR.Chief Marshal of Artillery Vladimir Fedorovich Tolubko commanded the SRF from April 12, 1972, to July 10, 1985. Tolubko emphasised raising the physical fitness standards within the SRF and in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Strategic Rocket Forces began to field the new UR-100 (SS-11 'Sego') and UR-100N (SS-19 'Stilleto') ICBMs beginning with the43rd Rocket Armyin theUkrainian SSR,providing them with longer range and more accurate missiles. He was succeeded by General of the Army Yury Pavlovich Maksimov, who was in command from July 10, 1985, to August 19, 1992.

According to a 1980TIME Magazinearticle citing analysts fromRAND Corporation,Soviet non-Slavswere generally barred from joining the Strategic Missile Forces because of suspicions about the loyalty of ethnic minorities to the state.[9]Those who served in the Strategic Rocket Forces had better quality of living, food and also higher salaries than the ones paid to those serving in theSoviet Army.The majority of new recruits has, since its inception, consisted of mainly college and university graduates.

In 1989 the Strategic Missile Forces had over 1,400 ICBMs, 300 launch control centers, and twenty-eight missile bases.[10]The SMT operatedRSD-10(SS-20 'Saber') intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) andR-12(SS-4 'Sandal') medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs). Two-thirds of the road-mobile Soviet RSD-10 force was based in the western Soviet Union and was aimed at Western Europe.

One-third of the force was located east of the Ural Mountains and was targeted primarily against China. Older R-12 missiles were deployed at fixed sites in the western Soviet Union. TheIntermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty,signed in December 1987, called for the elimination of all 553 Soviet RSD-10 and R-12 missiles within three years. As of mid-1989, over 50% of RSD-10 and R-12 missiles had been eliminated.

By 1990 the Soviet Union had seven types of operational ICBMs. About 50% were heavyR-36M(SS-18 'Satan') andUR-100N(SS-19 'Stiletto') ICBMs, which carried 80% of the country's land-based ICBM warheads. By this time it was producing new mobile, and hence survivable ICBMs, theRT-23(SS-24 'Scalpel') andRT-2PM(SS-25 'Sickle').[11]

In 1990, with the R-12 apparently fully retired, the IISS reported that there were 350UR-100s(SS-11 'Sego,' Mod 2/3), 60RT-2s(SS-13 'Savage') still in service in one missile field, 75UR-100MRs(SS-17 'Spanker,' Mod 3, with 4 MIRV), 308 R-36Ms (mostly Mod 4 with 10 MIRV), 320 UR-100Ns (mostly Mod 3 with 6 MIRV), some 60 RT-23s (silo and rail-mobile), and some 225 RT-2PMs (mobile).[11]

Composition of the Strategic Missile Forces 1960–1991[12]

Formation Headquarters Location Year formed as Corps Year formed as Army Year disbanded[7] Divisions
27th Guards Rocket Army HQVladimir,Moscow Military District Sept. 1, 1959 1970 Still active 7th Guards Rocket Division,28th Guards Rocket Division,(32[13]),54th Guards Rocket Division,60th Rocket Division
31st Rocket Army Orenburg, Urals Military District Sept. 5, 1965 1970 Still active 8th,13th,14th,(41st Guards),42nd,50,52nd,(55), 59
33rd Guards Rocket Army Omsk,Siberian Military District 1962 1970 Still active 23, (34), 35th, 36th Guards, 38, 39th Guards, 57, 62
43rd Rocket Army[14] Vinnitsa,Kiev Military District
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 1960 May 8, 1996 19 (Khmelnitsky), 37th Guards (Lutsk), 43 (Kremenchug),44(Kolomyia,Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast, disbanded March 1990;46(Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast)
50th Rocket Army Smolensk,Belorussian Military District
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 1960 June 30, 1990 1988:[7]7th Guards, 24th Guards (Gvardeysk,Kaliningrad Oblast),[15]31st Guards (former 83rd Guards Bryansko-Berlinskaya Aviation (Missile) Division, renumbered July 1, 1960), 32nd (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast), 40th,49th Guards(Lida,Grodno Region,1963 to 1990), 58th (Karmelava, Lithuania)
53rd Rocket Army[16] Chita,Transbaikal Military District 1962 June 8, 1970 Sept. 16, 2002 1988:[7]4th Rocket Division(Drovyanaya,Chita Oblast),23rd Guards Rocket Division(Kansk,assigned 1983–2002), 27th Rocket Division (Svobodnyy,Amur Oblast), 29th, 36th Guards, 47th Rocket Division (Olovyannaya,Chita Oblast)[17]

RSVN training establishments included:[18]

Post Soviet Union

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Like most of the Russian Armed Forces, the Strategic Missile Forces had limited access to resources for new equipment in theYeltsinera. However, the Russian government made a priority of ensuring that the Missile Forces received new missiles to phase out older, less-reliable systems, and to incorporate newer capabilities in the face of international threats to the viability of the nuclear deterrent effect provided by their missiles. In particular the development of missile defense systems in the United States.

In 1995, the "Strategic Missile Forces Day" and "Military Space Forces Day" were created. On July 16, 1997, President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree incorporating theRussian Space Forcesand the Space Missile Defence Forces (Russian: Ракетно-космической обороны) into the SMT.[19]In doing so, 'nearly 60' military units and establishments were dissolved. However, four years later, on June 1, 2001, theRussian Space Forceswere reformed as a separate branch of service from the SMT.

Minister of DefenceMarshal of the Russian FederationIgor Sergeev,a former commander of the SMT from August 19, 1992 – May 22, 1997, played a major role in assuring funding for his former service.[7]He was succeeded by General of the ArmyVladimir Yakovlev,who commanded the SMT from June 1997 until April 27, 2001. Yakovlev was succeeded byColonel GeneralNikolay Solovtsov.[citation needed]

In the early 2000s, Chief of the General Staff Army GeneralAnatoly Kvashnindecided to downgrade the status of the Strategic Missile Forces from a branch of the armed forces to an independent combat arm. This was completed despite the opposition of Defense Minister Marshal Igor Sergeyev.[20]

Solovtsov was dismissed in July–August 2009. Speculation over why Solovtsov was dismissed included opposition to further cuts in deployed nuclear ballistic missile warheads below the April 2009 figure of 1,500, the fact that he had reached the retirement age of 60, despite that he had recently been extended another year's service, or the failure of theNavy'sBulavamissile).[citation needed]

After only a year,Lieutenant GeneralAndrey Shvaichenko, appointed on August 3, 2009, by PresidentDmitry Medvedev,was replaced. The current commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel General Sergei Karakayev, was appointed to the post by a presidential decree of June 22, 2010.[21][22]

The RVSN headquarters has a special sledgehammer that can be used to gain access to the launch codes if the commander feels the need to use it or if ordered directly, but does not have normal access to the safe.[citation needed]In 2020, the Strategic Missile Forces completed switching to digital information transmission technology.[23]

Composition since 2010s

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ARS-24 Yarsmissile system of the 39th Guards Missile Division during a command post exercise in 2017.
Strategic Rocket Forces infantry during amilitary exercise.
A launch authorization device

The main RVSN command post is atKuntsevoin the suburbs of Moscow. The alternate command post is atKosvinsky Mountainin theUrals.[24]

Female cadets have started to join the Peter the Great Strategic Missile Forces Academy. In the past, only men were allowed to serve in the Missile Forces.[citation needed]RVSN institutes also exist atSerpukhovandRostov-on-Don.An ICBM test impact range is located in the Far East, theKura Test Range.This has been underAerospace Defence Forces' command since 2010.[citation needed]

The Strategic Missile Forces operate four distinct missile systems. The oldest system is the silo-basedR-36M2 / SS-18Satan.It carries ten warheads. The last missile will be in service until 2020.[25][26][needs update]

The second system is the silo-basedUR-100NUTTH / SS-19Stiletto.The lastStilettomissiles in service with six warheads each will be removed by 2019. Two UR-100NUTTH missiles are still believed to be active withAvangard HGVsas of 2024.

A new missile entering service is theRT-2UTTH Topol-M / SS-27Sickle Bwith single warhead, of which 60 are silo-based and 18 are mobile. Some new missiles will be added in the future. The first upgraded Topol-M calledRS-24 Yars,carrying three warheads, was commissioned in 2010. In July 2011 the first mobile regiment with nine missiles was completed.[27]From 2012 to 2017, about 80 ICBMs were placed in active duty.[28][29]The RF Defense Minister said in December 2022 that 91.3% of the country's nuclear forces was modern.[30][31][32]3 missile regiments rearmed in 2023.[33][34]According to the RF MoD, the new super-heavy ICBMRS-28 Sarmathas entered service, it's designed to replace the aging R-36.[35]A new IRBM named Oreshnik was launched at Dnipro, Ukraine in 2024.[36]

Units

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The composition of missiles and warheads of the Strategic Missile Forces previously had to be revealed as part of theSTART Itreaty data exchange. The most recently reported (January 2020) order of battle of the forces was as follows:[37]

Numbers of missiles and warheads

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The Strategic Missile Forces have:[37]

Kristensen and Korda (2020) list theUR-100N (SS-19),as retired from deployment, while noting thatUR-100NUTTH being deployed with theAvangard.[59]

Weapons and equipment

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Intermediate-range ballistic missiles

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Intercontinental-range ballistic missiles

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Ranks and rank insignia

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Officer ranks
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Marshal of the Russian Federation
Ма́ршал Росси́йской Федера́ции 		Army general
генера́л а́рмии 		Colonel general
генера́л-полко́вник 		Lieutenant general
генера́л-лейтена́нт 		Major general
генера́л-майо́р 		Colonel
полко́вник 		Lieutenant colonel
подполко́вник 		Major
майо́р 		Captain
капита́н 		Senior lieutenant
ста́рший лейтена́нт 		Lieutenant
лейтена́нт 		Junior lieutenant
мла́дший лейтена́нт 		Cadet
Курсант
Other ranks
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Senior warrant officer
Ста́рший пра́порщик 		Warrant officer
Пра́порщик 		Master sergeant
Старшина́ 		Senior sergeant
Ста́рший сержа́нт 		Sergeant
Сержа́нт 		Junior sergeant
Мла́дший сержа́нт 		Corporal
Ефре́йтор 		Private
Рядово́й

Future

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According to theFederation of American Scientists,for the foreseeable future, all new Russian ICBM deployments will be based on theMIRVedversion of the solid-fueled Topol-M"RS-24 Yars"and the liquid-fueledRS-28 Sarmat.By the late 2020s, according to announcements by Russian military officials, all R-36M2 missiles will be retired in favor of the newRS-28super-heavy ICBM.

See also

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References

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Further reading

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  • Дороговоз И. Г. Ракетные войска СССР. — Минск: Харвест, 2007. — 336 с. —ISBN978-985-13-9751-4
  • John G. Hines et al.Soviet Intentions 1965–1985.Braddock Dunn & McDonald(BDM), 1995.
  • Strategic Missile Forces museumArchivedMarch 10, 2012, at theWayback Machine
  • Main, Dr Steven J. (August 2002).The Strategic Rocket Forces 1991-2002(PDF).Conflict Studies Research Centre.[permanent dead link‍]
  • "Владимирская Ракетная Стратегическая" (Vladimirskaya Strategic Missile) by I.V. Vershkov and V.G. Gagarin; Vladimir 2006; 480 pages;
  • "Оренбургская Стратегическая" (Orenburg Strategic) by Y.N. Feoktistov; Perm 2001; 328 pages; (also a 1997 edition).
  • "Читинская Ракетная Армия" (Chitinskaya Missile Army) by??; Chita, 2002; 268 pages
  • "История 50-й Ракетной Армии I-IV" (History 50th Missile Army, part 1–4) by G.I. Smirnov and A.I. Yasakov; Smolensk 2008; 370+342+387+561 pages
  • "Стратеги" (Strategic) by V.T. Nosov; Moscow, 2008; 276 pages;
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