Strategic Rocket Forces

Strategic Rocket Forces
Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya
Emblem of the Strategic Rocket Forces
Founded	17 December 1959; 64 years ago (1959-12-17)
Country	Russia (1992–present)  Commonwealth of Independent States (1991–1992)  Soviet Union (1959–1991)
Branch	Russian Armed Forces
Type	Strategic missile force
Role	Strategic missile deterrence
Size	50,000 personnel (2020)[1]
Headquarters	Vlasikha, 2.5 km northwest of Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast
Motto(s)	"После нас - тишина" ("After us - silence")
March	Artillery March (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov
Anniversaries	17 December
Equipment	Ballistic missiles, cruise missiles
Engagements	Cuban Missile Crisis
Website	Official website
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel General Sergei Karakayev [ru]
Notable commanders	Marshal Igor Sergeyev
Insignia
Flag
Patch
Middle Emblem
Insignia

Russian Armed Forces
Ministry of Defence
Staff
General Staff of the Armed Forces
Services (vid)
Russian Ground Forces Russian Aerospace Forces Russian Navy
Independent troops (rod)
Strategic Rocket Forces Russian Airborne Forces
Special operations force (sof)
Special Operations Forces
Other troops
Logistical Support
Military districts
Western Military District Southern Military District Central Military District Eastern Military District Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command
History of the Russian military
Military history of Russia History of Russian military ranks Military ranks of the Soviet Union
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The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; Russian: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Федерации (РВСН РФ), romanized: Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii, lit. 'Strategic Purpose Rocketry Troops of the Russian Federation') is a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). It was formerly part of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1959 to 1991.

The Strategic Rocket Forces was created on 17 December 1959 as part of the Soviet Armed Forces as the main force for operating all Soviet nuclear ground-based intercontinental, intermediate-range ballistic missile, and medium-range ballistic missile with ranges over 1,000 kilometers. After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, assets of the Strategic Rocket Forces were in the territories of several new states in addition to Russia, with armed nuclear missile silos in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The three of them transferred their missiles to Russia for dismantling and they all joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Complementary strategic forces within Russia include the Russian Aerospace Forces' Long Range Aviation and the Russian Navy's ballistic missile submarines. Together the three bodies form Russia's nuclear triad.