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Oct 5, 2022 · Video released by Russia in early 2022 shows drills by its strategic nuclear forces including intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missile tests. (Video: The Washington Post) 8 min....
4 days ago · Russia said on Monday it would practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as part of a military exercise after what the Moscow said were threats from France, Britain and the United States.
May 9, 2023 · The Russian Air Force is the military’s second-largest user of nonstrategic nuclear weapons, with roughly 500 such weapons assigned for delivery by Tu-22M3 (Backfire) intermediate-range bombers, Su-24M (Fencer-D) fighter-bombers, the new Su-34 (Fullback) fighter-bomber, and the MiG-31K.
2 days ago · NEWS WRAP: Russia says it will hold drills to simulate nuclear weapon use. Such battlefield nuclear weapons — aerial bombs, warheads for short-range missiles or artillery munitions — can be ...
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 -...
Aug 2, 2021 · First, Russia’s new weapons, the Avangard, Kinzhal, and Tsirkon, do not fundamentally alter the strategic balance between Washington and Moscow. They do not make nuclear offense more appealing to Russia, nor do they reduce reaction time to the extent some have suggested.
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).
