Strategic Rocket Forces
Separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces
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| 2024 | 9M729 Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile entered service with the Strategic Rocket Forces, expanding their missile deployment options. |
| 2024 | A new intermediate-range ballistic missile named Oreshnik was launched at Dnipro, Ukraine. |
| 2023 | Three missile regiments were rearmed, and the new RS-28 Sarmat super-heavy ICBM entered service to replace aging R-36 missiles. |
| December 2022 | RF Defense Minister announced that 91.3% of the country's nuclear forces were modernized. |
| 2020 | The Strategic Missile Forces completed switching to digital information transmission technology. |
| January 2020 | Most recently reported order of battle of the Strategic Missile Forces was documented as part of the START I treaty data exchange. |
| 2012 | Strategic Rocket Forces began a period of significant modernization, with about 80 ICBMs placed in active duty between 2012 and 2017. |
| July 2011 | First mobile regiment with nine RS-24 Yars missiles was completed. |
| 2010 | First upgraded Topol-M missile called RS-24 Yars, carrying three warheads, was commissioned into the Strategic Rocket Forces. |
| June 22 2010 | Colonel General Sergey Karakayev was appointed commander of the Strategic Missile Forces by presidential decree. |
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