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2 days ago · After the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, all nuclear weapons were removed from Belarus. Declassified U.S. intelligence satellite photos of the Asipovichy site taken during the Cold War appear ...
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Mar 7, 2024 · In December 2023, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that modern weapons and equipment now make up 95 percent of Russia’s nuclear triad—an increase of 3.7 percent from the previous year (Russian Federation 2023b).
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Feb 23, 2024 · While fears of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine have subsided considerably, Russia’s increased reliance on its nuclear weapons could still pose a threat to Ukrainian and Western forces if the nature of the conflict changes.
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).
Feb 27, 2023 · Russia certainly has enough missiles to get a nuclear weapon more or less to where it wants—even if it takes more than one attempt. But what about the warheads themselves?
6 days ago · Russia's President Vladimir Putin inspects a military exercise, which tests the country's ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air, via a video link from Moscow ...
4 days ago · World May 7, 2024 3:34 PM EDT. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday that the military would hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons — the first time such an exercise has been publicly ...
