Separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces
This article is about the branch of the Russian Armed Forces. For other uses, see Strategic Rocket Forces (disambiguation).
Strategic Rocket Forces
Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya
Emblem of the Strategic Rocket Forces
Founded
17 December 1959; 64 years ago (1959-12-17)
Country
Russia (1992–present)
Commonwealth of Independent States (1991–1992)
Soviet Union (1959–1991)
Branch
Russian Armed Forces
Type
Strategic missile force
Role
Strategic missile deterrence
Size
50,000 personnel (2020)[1]
Headquarters
Vlasikha, 2.5 km northwest of Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast
Motto(s)
"После нас - тишина"
("After us - silence")
March
Artillery March (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov
Anniversaries
17 December
Equipment
Ballistic missiles, cruise missiles
Engagements
Cuban Missile Crisis
Website
Official website
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel General Sergei Karakayev [ru]
Notable commanders
Marshal Igor Sergeyev
Insignia
Flag
Patch
Middle Emblem
Insignia
Military unit
Russian Armed Forces
Ministry of Defence
Staff
General Staff of the Armed Forces
Services (vid)
Russian Ground Forces
Russian Aerospace Forces
Russian Navy
Independent troops (rod)
Strategic Rocket Forces
Russian Airborne Forces
Special operations force (sof)
Special Operations Forces
Other troops
Logistical Support
Military districts
Western Military District
Southern Military District
Central Military District
Eastern Military District
Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command
History of the Russian military
Military history of Russia
History of Russian military ranks
Military ranks of the Soviet Union
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Sergei Karakayev (2015)
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic 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 a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). It was formerly part of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1959 to 1991.
The Strategic Rocket Forces was created on 17 December 1959 as part of the Soviet Armed Forces as the main force for operating all Soviet nuclear ground-based intercontinental, intermediate-range ballistic missile, and medium-range ballistic missile with ranges over 1,000 kilometers. After the Soviet Union collapsed in 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 and Ukraine. The three of them transferred their missiles to Russia for dismantling and they all joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Complementary strategic forces within Russia include the Russian Aerospace Forces' Long Range Aviation and the Russian Navy's ballistic missile submarines. Together the three bodies form Russia's nuclear triad.
The StrategicRocketForces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; Russian: Ракетные войска стратегического...
Ground Forces, the Navy, and the Aerospace Forces, as well as two independent arms of service: the StrategicRocketForces and Airborne Forces. In addition...
varying modifications, with the StrategicRocketForces using Army uniforms and the Airborne Forces using Aerospace Forces uniforms. The customary basic...
Soviet services, behind the StrategicRocketForces and the Ground Forces. Preparations for creation of the air defence forces started in 1932, and by the...
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there are now four independent airborne/air-assault brigades. The StrategicRocketForces (RVSN) were to retain 8 missile divisions in place of twelve missile...
1989, the Soviet Armed Forces consisted of the StrategicRocketForces, the Ground Forces, the Air Defence Forces, the Air Forces, and the Navy, listed...
was moved from Leningrad to Moscow in 1958, the year before the StrategicRocketForces were formed. Now named the Dzerzhinsky Missile Force Academy, its...
the StrategicRocketForces first in traditional Soviet order of precedence; the Ground Forces, second; the Air Defence Forces, third, the Air Forces, fourth...
formations of the Armed Forces within the district's territory, with the exception of the StrategicRocketForces and Russian Aerospace Forces. In addition, operational...
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into the StrategicRocketForces from 1997–2001 and 2001–2011, then it merged with the Russian Air Force to form the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2015,...
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Air Forces and Air Defence (11-я Краснознамённая армия ВВС и ПВО) (Khabarovsk) operationally subordinated to the Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command:...
of the automatic system for the command and control of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces (SNF) named Kazbek (Казбек, named after Mount Kazbek on the Georgia–Russia...
43rd Red Banner Rocket Army, known officially as the 43rd Red Banner Missile Army, was an army of the Soviet StrategicRocketForces. It was formed in...
Mixed Aviation Division VVS VMF [ru] - 1 May 1961 became 143rd Maritime Rocket Aviation Division. To attack surface ships at long ranges, the Soviet Navy...
spent most of his career in the StrategicRocketForces. Sergeyev became commander in chief of the StrategicRocketForces in 1992. In this position he was...
April 2016. Podvig, Pavel (13 December 2007). "StrategicRocketForces". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved...
Sergeyev, who was elevated from commander (army general) of the StrategicRocketForces. As it stands, marshal of the Russian Federation should be considered...
5:40 am EST "Russian Military Weakness Increases Importance of Strategic Nuclear Forces". Cdi.org. 11 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 August...
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