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Pavel Podvig

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Exercise of strategic forces held in May

On 19 May 2026, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it will hold an exercise “to prepare and use nuclear forces in the face of the threat of aggression” in the period of 19-21 May 2026. It was said to include “over 200 missile la...

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Russia-Belarus non-strategic nuclear exercise

On 18 May 2026, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense announced the start of an exercise of “military units involved in the combat use of nuclear weapons and nuclear support.” The objective was described as checking the readiness of the troops...

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Successful test launch of Sarmat ICBM

On 12 May 2026, at 11:15 MSK (08:15 UTC), the Strategic Rocket Forces conducted a successful test launch of the Sarmat ICBM (video of the launch). The missile was launched from a silo of the Dombarovskiy/Yasnyy missile division toward the K...

14 days ago
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The Mirage of European Nuclear Weapons

The English version of an op-ed published in Norwegian:

Pavel Podvig, “Kjernevåpen for Europa – en illusjon,” Forsvarets forum, 28 April 2026

The Mirage of European Nuclear Weapons

Pavel Podvig
Russian Nuclear Forces Project

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Angara launch deploys four military satellites

On 23 April 2026, at 11:29 MSK (08:29 UTC) crews of the Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of an Angara 1.2 launcher from the launch pad 1 of the launch complex 35 of the Plesetsk test site. (Video of the launch). According...

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