{
  "id": "russia-icbm-force",
  "name": "Russian ICBM force",
  "aliases": [
    "Strategic Rocket Forces",
    "RVSN"
  ],
  "domain": "nuclear",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Nuclear force component",
  "status": "active",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "RUS"
  ],
  "summary": "Strategic Rocket Forces: about 324 nuclear-armed ICBMs in three missile armies.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "launchers",
      "v": 324,
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "wh_assigned",
      "v": 1092,
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "Up to 1,092 warheads"
    },
    {
      "k": "wh_deployed",
      "v": 892,
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "Deployed land-based strategic warheads"
    },
    {
      "k": "delivery",
      "v": "RS-24 Yars (about 207 launchers, up to 3 MIRVs); Topol-M (78, single warhead); RS-20V Voevoda/SS-18 (about 40, up to 10 warheads, retiring); Avangard (small number); RS-28 Sarmat (not yet on combat duty)",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "bases",
      "v": "12 divisions, about 41 regiments in three missile armies",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "program",
      "v": "Sarmat: up to 46 silos could host it, likely up to 10 warheads; Uzhur 302nd Regiment silos under construction",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "nuclear",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from Russian nuclear weapons, 2026 (FAS Nuclear Notebook)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/russia-icbm-force.html",
  "sources": {
    "fas-nn-rus-2026": {
      "title": "Russian nuclear weapons, 2026",
      "publisher": "Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists",
      "url": "https://thebulletin.org/premium/2026-05/russian-nuclear-weapons-2026/",
      "published": "2026-05-01",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}