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Feb 28, 2024 · Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons, which can be delivered by land or sea-launched missiles or from aircraft, are designed for limited battlefield use in Europe and Asia, as opposed to the larger ...
Mar 7, 2024 · Nonstrategic nuclear weapons in ballistic missile and air defense. The stockpile estimate of warheads for Russian missile and air defense interceptors is highly uncertain. Russian officials stated over a decade ago that about 40 percent of the country’s 1991 stockpile of air defense nuclear warheads remained in Russia’s nuclear stockpile.
Aug 29, 2023 · Ukraine’s military intelligence arm, also known as the GUR, believes Russia has about 585 ballistic and cruise missiles with warheads still on hand, including about 270 9K720 Iskander...
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Russian officials say the military has sufficient stockpiles of long-range missiles and that factories are churning out more, rejecting Western claims its supplies are shrinking. The Russian military hasn’t said how many missiles it has fired and how many are left, and there is no data to independently assess the state of the Russian arsenal. Presi...
When the Russian military unleashed missile attacks across Ukrainestarting Monday, it used the entire range of its long-range precision weapons: the Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles fired by strategic bombers, the sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles and the ground-launched Iskander missiles. Russian forces have also repeatedly used the S-300 surfac...
While the Biden administration believes there is evidence that Russia has depleted stocks of its most efficient weapons, U.S. officials say there is no sign Moscow is ready or willing to relent in its recent barrages against civilian areas in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. It was not immediately clear what the U.S. thinks Russia might have left. ...
Firing large numbers of inaccurate missiles could be intended to clutter air defenses while Russia uses its best missiles for high-value targets and key infrastructure. But Williams suggested that Moscow could also be acting strategically, knowing its barrage will hit civilian targets in hopes of driving up panic in Ukraineand pushing Kyiv to accep...
Russia’s new strategic nuclear weapons: a technical analysis and assessment. Russia announced on 20 April 2022 that its Strategic Rocket Forces (RVSN) had conducted the first test-launch of the RS-28 Sarmat (RS-SS-X-29), an under-development three-stage liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Oct 11, 2022 · Russia may be running low on sophisticated missiles. Many of Russia’s attacks — increasingly aimed at civilian targets — have been long-range strikes that used outdated, unguided and ...
Aug 11, 2023 · Russia's nuclear ballistic missile early warning radar network has emerged as a key target of long-range Ukrainian strikes, with three facilities having now been attacked by Kyiv's drones in the ...
