In January 2020 Russia was estimated to have 532 strategic launchers that can carry about 2100 nuclear warheads. In its September 2019 New START data exchange Russia reported 513 deployed launchers with 1426 New START-accountable nuclear warheads.
Orbital data suggest that as of the end of 2025 Russia may have only one functioning early-warning satellite of the Tundra type. This is a significant decline from the situation in March 2025, when three satellites of the constellation -...
Oreshnik is an elusive missile. It shows up in various statements and there are some pretty tangible signs of its existence, but it is still not quite clear what the actual status of the missile is. The most notable recent...
Russia appears to have made another attempt to launch a Yars ICBM from Plesetsk. It issued a NOTAM notification with a window opening at 6:00 UTC on 25 December 2025. It probably notified the United States about the upcoming launch:...
In the traditional 17 December interview marking the anniversary of the Strategic Rocket Forces (established on that day in 1959), commander Sergey Karakayev reported that his force completed the deployment of Yars missiles in the silos of the missile division...
In an interview to Krasnaya Zvezda the commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces said that the first regiment of silo-based Years missiles at the Tatishchevo division began combat duty in 2025. Apparently, the plan is to replace all single-warhead Topol-M...
Although the Golden Dome will soon mark its first anniversary, there is still not much clarity on what the system will consist of, what it will be asked to do, or, more importantly, what it will be able to do....
The Knyaz Pozharsky submarine of the Project 955A/Borey-A class was accepted for service in July 2025. The formal acceptance would normally take place in December, but with Knyaz Pozharsky it was postponed for about six months, presumably to complete the...
On 1 December 2025 Russia issued a series of NOTAM notifications that indicated an upcoming ICBM launch from Plesetsk to Kura during the 3-7 December 2025 window. The missile to be tested was certain to be Yars (or some of...
On 28 November 2025, local Russian media and then Telegram channels reported an explosion near Yasnyy in Orenburg oblast. The town is close to the old basing area of the 13th missile division. A full video of the incident shows...
On 25 November 2025, at 16:42 MSK (13:42 UTC) crews of the Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of an Angara 1.2 launcher from the launch pad 1 of the launch complex 35 of the Plesetsk test site....
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