Strategic Rocket Forces
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), lit. 'Strategic Purpose Rocketry Troops') is a military branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It controls Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
| Strategic Rocket Forces | |
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| Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya | |
 Emblem of the Strategic Rocket Forces | |
| Founded | 17 December 1959 |
| Country |
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| Branch |  Russia 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 |
| Patron | Saint Barbara the Great Martyr[2] |
| 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 |
| Notable commanders | Marshal Igor Sergeyev |
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The Strategic Rocket Forces was created on 17 December 1959 as part of the Soviet Armed Forces. It was made to be the main force for attacking an enemy's nuclear weapons, military buildings, and infrastructure.[3] It operated all Soviet nuclear land-based intercontinental, intermediate-range ballistic missile, and medium-range ballistic missile with ranges over 1,000 kilometers.
Strategic Rocket Forces Media
Командующий Ракетными войсками стратегического назначения*генерал-полковник Каракаев Сергей Викторович
A RS-24 Yars missile system of the 39th Guards Missile Division during a command post exercise in 2017.
Strategic Rocket Forces infantry during a military exercise.
A launch authorization device
A U.S. Defense Department map of Soviet ICBM bases, 1980s
References
- ↑ https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IF11603.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ↑ Main Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces. Archived February 2, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ↑ This foundation date is shared with the Russian Space Forces (VKS).Ракетные войска стратегического назначения > Историческая справка. www.mil.ru. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
Further reading
- Дороговоз И. Г. Ракетные войска СССР. — Минск: Харвест, 2007. — 336 с. — ISBN 978-985-13-9751-4
- John G. Hines et al. Soviet Intentions 1965–1985. Braddock Dunn & McDonald (BDM), 1995.
- Strategic Missile Forces museum Archived March 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Main, Dr Steven J.. The Strategic Rocket Forces 1991-2002 (August 2002)Conflict Studies Research Centre.[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;