It is planned that some of Topol ICBMs coming out of service will be used for civilian purposes as Start-1 carrier rockets
Topol ICBMs to come out of service in Russia in 2024
KEDR ICBM Production Starts in 2023-2024
According to sources in the Russian Ministry of Defence, Russia will start the development of a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Kedr. The plan is to begin in 2023-2024, TASS reports. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "Research work on Kedr has been financed under the current state arms procurement programme, which…
Sarmat ICBM Flight Tests Coming Soon
Roscosmos is preparing for the start of flight tests of the Sarmat ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile). Tests will begin in the near future, said the head of the Roscosmos State Space Corporation, Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "Now the main work to be done in the near future…
Strategic Missile Forces to Receive 13 Launchers with Yars & Avangard ICBMs
At the annual expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia’s Strategic Missile Force in 2021 will get 13 launchers with Yars and Avangard intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. Below is an excerpt from Shoigu's speech at the ministry’s enlarged board meeting on Monday. Our nuclear triad…
RVSN Rearmamrnt with Yars ICBMs to be Completed by 2024
The rearmament of Russia's Strategic Missile Force (or RVSN RF) with the Yars silo-based and mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles (Yars ICBMs) is to be completed by 2024, TASS reported the Chief Designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (the Yars developer) Yuri Solomonov on Monday. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "I believe that…
Expert Analysis of DPRK’s Hwasong-16 ICBM
On 10 October, in a parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party, North Korea revealed what we may presumably call the Hwasong-16 ICBM. Missile defence experts have been speculating about the capabilities of the new missile, and most significantly its size. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News.…
First Serial-Produced Sarmat ICBMs to Assume Combat Duty in Russia in 2021
The first serial deliveries of RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles intended to replace Soviet-era Voyevoda heavy ICBMs in Russia’s Strategic Missile Force will start in 2021
Russia’s Suspension of Participation in START: The World Reacts
The announcement of New START treaty suspension by the Russian President was vividly discussed. This political decision combined with Vladimir Putin’s order to ensure preparedness of the state for nuclear testing raised some fears of the end of nuclear arms control and of the destruction of an already faltering global security architecture. Vladimir Putin announced…
Temporary Measures: Russia’s MFA on the START Inspections
Russia decided to temporarily exempt the inspection activities from the facilities subject to inspection under the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START). The Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the message at the website on 8 August. The Ministry infromed the US through diplomatic channels. The…
Russia to conduct strategic deterrence force drills
On February 19 the Russian Armed Forces will conduct scheduled strategic deterrence force drills under the direction of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, the Defense Ministry reported. "On February 19, 2022, a scheduled exercise of the strategic deterrence force will take place under the direction of Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin, during which ballistic and cruise…
