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6 days ago · A Russian Iskander-K missile launched during a military exercise at a training ground in Russia. The country has announced it will hold tactical nuclear weapons drills 'in the near future' [File ...
Oct 7, 2022 · How many nuclear weapons does Russia have? All figures for nuclear weapons are estimates but, according to the Federation of American Scientists, Russia has 5,977 nuclear warheads - the...
Mar 25, 2023 · Russia appears to have about 400 nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, which the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists estimate can carry up to 1,185 warheads. Russia operates 10...
Aug 2, 2021 · Russia’s New Nuclear Weapons: Understanding Avangard, Kinzhal, and Tsirkon. Commentary — August 2, 2021. Almost three years ago, Vladimir Putin announced a series of new Russian nuclear weapons systems. Some of these have already entered service or are expected to do so soon, including Kinzhal, Avangard, Tsirkon.
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).
May 9, 2023 · Throughout its war in Ukraine, Russia has conducted a series of missile strikes using long-range dual-capable precision weapons, such as Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles, sea-launched 3 M–54 Kalibr cruise missiles, 9-A-7760 Kinzhal ballistic missiles, and ground-launched Iskander missiles (Interfax 2022b, 2022c; Reuters 2023a).
Sep 2, 2023 · 2 Sep 2023. Moscow has put into service an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that Russian President Vladimir Putin has said would make Russia’s enemies “think twice” about their...
