Day of RVSN (day of strategic missile forces). Day of Strategic Missile Forces Day of Strategic Missile Forces

On December 17, 1959, the Council of Ministers of the USSR, by its next decree, formed a new branch of the armed forces - the Strategic Rocket Forces. Their structure included all the existing units and formations, which were armed with strategic missile systems. Since 1995, the foundation day of the Strategic Missile Forces has been celebrated as a professional holiday.

Before the formation of the Strategic Missile Forces, strategic missiles with special and conventional warheads were under the jurisdiction of the engineering brigades of the reserve of the Supreme Command. Further development missile weapons and the deployment of new facilities made it necessary to reduce the existing brigades into a separate branch of the military. This decision was confirmed by a resolution of the Council of Ministers issued at the end of 1959. The first commander-in-chief of the new kind of troops was appointed Chief Marshal of Artillery M.I. Nedelin.

Over the next decades, the personnel of the Strategic Missile Forces were engaged in the development and operation of missile systems for various purposes, used to ensure national security... The construction of new missile bases with launchers of complexes of various types was carried out.

In 1962, the Strategic Missile Forces took part in Operation Anadyr. Their participation consisted in the transfer ballistic missiles P-12 to Cuba, followed by deployment to combat positions. The successful solution of such a task led to well-known consequences in the international arena. The withdrawal of missiles from Cuba was the impetus for improving relations between the leading countries of the world.

In the mid-sixties, the Rocket Forces began to master the latest 2nd generation missile systems, which differed from their predecessors in the use of protected silo launchers. In the first half of the seventies, the process of introducing complexes of the next 3rd generation began, which included missiles with multiple warheads and means of overcoming antimissile defense. Also during this period, mobile launchers with medium-range missiles entered service.

The second half of the eighties was the period of mastering the 4th generation of missile systems, new command and control systems and other promising equipment. It was also at this time that the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles was signed, which had a noticeable impact on the arsenals of the Soviet Strategic Missile Forces. The missile weapons covered by the treaty were decommissioned and destroyed.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reorganized Russian Strategic Missile Forces began withdrawing weapons from the territory of independent states. Despite the well-known difficulties of that time, in the mid-nineties, the process of rearming troops with fifth-generation complexes was launched. At the beginning of the last decade, the process of rearmament of the Strategic Missile Forces continued and does not stop until now.

Now the missile systems of the latest model "Yars" are entering service with different parts of the Strategic Missile Forces. Preparations are also underway to master other new systems. In the foreseeable future, the advanced heavy liquid-propellant missile "Sarmat" will have to enter service. In accordance with the existing restrictions imposed by international treaties, the Russian Strategic Missile Forces retain the required combat capability and make the most serious contribution to the common cause of deterring a potential enemy.

On the anniversary of their formation, December 17, the Strategic Missile Forces celebrate their professional holiday. The editorial board of "Voennoye Obozreniye" congratulates all military personnel, veterans and civilian personnel of this branch of the military!

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Day of the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) is a memorable day celebrated in Russia in December and dedicated to the type of troops, which is the basis of our country's nuclear shield.

When is the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces - 2017

History of the Strategic Missile Forces Day

This memorable day was established on December 17, 1959, when the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Rocket Forces) were created as part of the USSR Armed Forces. The first commander-in-chief of the Strategic Missile Forces was the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Chief Marshal of Artillery M. I. Nedelin, who made a great contribution to the formation of this type of troops, as well as to the development, testing and adoption of nuclear missile weapons.

In 1995, the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces became a professional holiday, in accordance with the decree of the President of Russia "On the establishment of the Day of Strategic Missile Forces and the Day of Military Space Forces."

Today the Strategic Missile Forces Day is a memorable day.

What is Strategic Missile Forces

The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) are the backbone of Russia's nuclear shield. The Strategic Missile Forces are composed of missile armies and military units, include cosmodromes, training grounds, research stations and institutes, higher military educational institutions, training centers for the training of junior specialists and technicians' schools, arsenals, repair plants, central bases and other facilities.

Strategic Missile Forces are the main component of strategic nuclear forces Russia and are directly subordinate to the General Staff of the Armed Forces Russian Federation.

These are troops of constant combat readiness, designed to nuclear deterrence of possible enemy aggression. The Strategic Missile Forces, independently and as part of the strategic nuclear forces, can strike strategic enemy targets with massive, group or single nuclear missile strikes. The Strategic Missile Forces are armed with all Russian mobile and silo-based land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads. The headquarters of the Strategic Missile Forces is located in the village of Vlasikha, Moscow Region. Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces - Colonel General Sergey Karakaev.

Congratulations on the Strategic Missile Forces Day

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Guarding Mother Russia,
It stands invisible to everyone
Huge power, terrible strength,
Thunderstorm of enemies - missile shield.

You protect our peace
Simple, brave guys.
Let it pass by
Our eternal rival is NATO.

Today we want to congratulate -
Let it become known to everyone -
We hasten to praise with all our hearts
Day of our brave Strategic Missile Forces!

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To all who serve
In the missile forces
Strategic purpose,
Today we send wishes for good
And holiday greetings.
We wish you never had a chance in life
Press the red button,
So that in peace, tranquility and silence
The planet could stay.

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For rockets a day
Dropped out very glorious
Because your holiday
From the military - the main one!

Congratulations, friends,
And from everyone in civilian life,
We wish that you,
Congratulations early!

And more health to the sea,
And love is big, big,
Receive congratulations
Poetic with soul!

Annually December 17, Russia celebrates the Day of Strategic Missile Forces... Officially a holiday on the calendar new Russia appeared in 2006 on the basis of the Decree of the President of Russia No. 549 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation." December 17 as the date of celebration of the Day of Strategic Missile Forces was chosen due to the fact that it was on this day in 1959 that the Strategic Missile Forces were formed as part of Armed Forces Soviet Union.

The first missile units at one time were formed on the basis of formations Soviet armywho had the richest front-line experience behind their backs. According to the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Karakaev, about seventy different missile formations inherited both battle banners and high state awards and honorary titles that were used to mark units and formations for the heroism of soldiers displayed during the Great Patriotic War.

39 missile divisions, on the basis of continuity, at one time received the name of the guards. At the time of the creation of the Strategic Missile Forces of the USSR, the number of personnel of the troops was at the level of 14.5 thousand people.

Today, the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) are a separate branch of the RF Armed Forces, which is the land component of the strategic nuclear forces of the Russian Federation. According to a recent statement by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, about 95% of nuclear deterrent capabilities are in constant combat readiness, which makes it possible to ensure the security of the Russian Federation from external military aggression.

The strategic missile forces consist of three missile armies and several formations. This is about Vladimir missile association (army), which is armed with Topol-M missile systems (stationary and mobile) with the RS-12M2 missile, as well as Yarsy with the RS-24 missile and missile systems with the RS-18 missile.

Orenburg missile army... Orenburg missilemen are on alert on Topol missile systems with RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missiles and Voyevoda with RS-20V ICBMs.

Omsk missile association (Guards missile Berislavsko-Khingan twice Red Banner, Order of Suvorov army). Combination equipment missile weapons similar to equipping the Orenburg missile army: the Topol complexes with the RS-12M ICBM and the Voevoda with the RS-20V ICBM.

In addition to armies in the Strategic Missile Forces, 12 missile formations:
Bologoevskoe (Guards Red Banner Rezhitskaya Missile Division);
Barnaul (Red Banner Missile Orders of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Division);
Irkutsk (guards missile Vitebsk Order of Lenin Red Banner Division);
Yoshkar-Olinskoe (Kiev-Zhitomir Order of Kutuzov III degree missile division);
Kozelskoe (Guards Red Banner Division);
Novosibirsk (Guards Glukhovskaya Order of Lenin, Red Banner Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and B. Khmelnitsky missile division);
Tatishchevskoe (Taman Missile Division of the Order of the October Revolution, Red Banner Division);
Tagilskoe (Tagil Missile Division);
Teikovskoe (Guards Missile Order of Kutuzov Division);
Uzhurskoe (Red Banner Missile Division);
Yuryanskoe (Melitopol Red Banner Missile Division);
Yasnenskoe (Rocket Red Banner Division).

If we talk about the evolution of weapons of missile divisions, then the Teikov formation can be considered as an example. From 1962 to 1977, R-16U missiles (NATO classification - SS-7 Saddler) with more than impressive power (from 3 Mt) were in service with Teikov's missilemen. 1968 to 1975 - UR-100 (NATO classification - SS-11 mod.1 Sego) with a capacity of up to 1.1 Mt, from 1971 to 1991, the compound contained UR-100K missiles, in 1988 RT-2PM missiles with a charge power began to arrive at Teikovo up to 0.55 Mt. Such a rocket ceased to be used in 2009.

Since 2006, the division has begun putting on combat alert RT2PM2 missiles, and since 2010, solid-propellant RS-24 (Yars) missiles with an officially declared charge capacity of up to 0.3 Mt and a maximum range of 11 thousand km.

The command and personnel of the Strategic Missile Forces have at their disposal the State Central Interspecific Range in the Astrakhan Region. This is the Kapustin Yar training ground, which in 2016 will celebrate its 70th anniversary. It was formed on May 13, 1946 - more than 13 years before the formation of the Strategic Missile Forces themselves. Kapustin Yar is deservedly called a unique training ground. The fact is that it was on it that a special measuring complex was created, which makes it possible to test advanced combat equipment in the entire spectrum of probable conditions for its delivery to the target.

Training of future missilemen for the Strategic Missile Forces troops is carried out at the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great... For reference to those readers who, perhaps, are going to connect their future with service in the Strategic Missile Forces - information on the requirements for candidates for admission to the military academy.

As candidates for admission to the academy and branch (city of Serpukhov) for training cadets according to the programs higher education citizens of the Russian Federation are considered who have state documents on average (full) general, average vocational education or a state-recognized document on primary vocational education, if it contains a record of receiving secondary (complete) general education, from among:

citizens aged 16 to 22 who have not passed military service;
citizens who have completed military service and military personnel undergoing military service by conscription - until they reach the age of 24;
servicemen doing military service under contract (except for officers) entering universities for training in programs with full military special training - until they reach the age of 27, and entering universities for training in programs with secondary military special training - until they reach the age of 30 (age is determined as of August 1 of the year of admission to the university).

Can not Citizens specified in the 4th and 5th paragraphs of clause 5 of Article 34 of the Federal Law of March 28, 1998 No. 53-ФЗ "On military duty and military service", as well as inappropriate the requirements specified in the 4th paragraph of paragraph 1 of Art. 35 of the said Law:
in respect of which a decision was made by the commission of the military commissariat or the certification commission of the military unit about the inadequacy of the candidate to the requirements for entering military service under the contract;
who are convicted and sentenced;
in respect of whom an inquiry or preliminary investigation or a criminal case has been submitted to the court;
having a conviction that has not been removed or canceled for committing a crime;
those who have served a sentence of imprisonment;
deprived for a specified period of the right to hold military positions by a court decision that has entered into legal force.

The Peter the Great Academy prepares officers for the command and engineering profiles.

The Strategic Rocket Forces have not only their own unique traditions, but also their own symbols. So, there are three types of emblems of the Strategic Missile Forces. The first one is small emblem - a round gold shield with an ornament and 8 rivets on a gold sword and gold crossed arrows.

Medium emblem- a golden two-headed eagle with outstretched wings, holding a silver sword and two arrows. On the chest of the eagle is a red elongated shield with the image of a horseman striking a dragon with a spear - a symbol of evil. The shield holds the crown.

Large emblem - the development of a graphic image of a small emblem on a blue heraldic shield with a wreath of golden poplar leaves (the use of the leaves of this particular tree in this case is associated with the presence of one of the most effective missile systems). In the upper part - the emblem of the RF Armed Forces.

The Strategic Missile Forces are at the stage of active rearmament and are ready to fulfill any tasks assigned to them to protect the borders of the Fatherland.

Congratulations to the servicemen and veterans of the Strategic Missile Forces on their professional holiday!

On the eve of New Year's celebrations, privates and officers of the most important military forces of our country will celebrate their professional holiday -. Few people are familiar with this kind of troops, and they saw strategic missiles only at major military parades. Meanwhile, the strategic missile forces are Russia's main defensive force.

Strategic Missile Forces Day 2015: What Date This Year?

Few people know how many strategic missile forces celebrate their Day: this year, as in all previous ones, they will celebrate their professional holiday on December 17, and for the twentieth time in recent history... In 1995, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Day of Rocketmen was established on this date for a reason. It was on this day back in 1959 that these troops were formed.

It is believed that border guards are guarding the country's security, but this is only at first glance. Modern development nuclear weapons and long-range missiles require countermeasures in terms of defense - the strategic missile forces (Strategic Missile Forces) for Russia have become such a shield. It is difficult to underestimate the work of these "invisible", they provide security, being in constant combat readiness.

Congratulations on the Day of Strategic Missile Forces-2015

Celebrating Strategic Missile Forces Day

For strategic missilemen, these are typically military-style, but they emphasize power, protection and vigilance. Below there are several options for congratulations in verse and prose on the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces-2015.

Congratulations in verse

So that on your holiday it would be easier for us,
We all put a verse into one.
All to you, valiant rocketman:
Quiet combat shifts,
Warmth in the house, order in part,
And positive changes
And human happiness -
All to you on the day of the Strategic Missile Forces!

I wish you obedient missiles,
And nuclear will, and forces,
Deployments, but not boring,
And the god of war to love you.
So that the goals clearly yield,
So that "Topol - M" obeyed,
So that the rear is always reliable,
Happy home, love ardor!

As rockets strive to heaven,
So I wish you to win!
On the day of the rocket troops - love to try,
Those who are next to you again.
I sincerely wish you luck
And let dreams come true
Joy - to dizziness
Go to your goals every moment!

You are a stately and formidable rocketman,
You are the girls of many dreams!
Into wind, rain, hot day and frosty
You guard the gates of heaven.
And for your work we wish you
Be successful everywhere and always,
We with people like you know for sure:
The native country is sleeping peacefully!

Soldiers, officers - rocket troops!
Let the longing leave you like a rocket now,
Flowers and congratulations from all the masses,
Let this holiday be a reward for you!
We wish you to live beautifully, to hit the target immediately,
And with a fighting willingness to stand up for happiness,
May peace, harmony, love always reign in families,
Russia will not forget people like you guys!

Congratulations in prose

Happy Strategic Missile Forces Day

Nuclear weapons undoubtedly pose a terrible threat, but all is well and they will not cause harm as long as you, employees of the Strategic Missile Forces, stand on duty and guard our country! On the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces, we congratulate you, wish you happiness, peace, long years and good health!

On the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces, it is probably best to wish you, a brave warrior and guardian of native borders, a peaceful, calm and happy life, in which every day good weatherthat no event is good, and that no dream comes true!

Nuclear missiles are serious weapons. They just sent it flying - it is already at the goal, and the goal, in fact, is no longer in the world ... Let this happen only in theory, because peace is so dear to all of us! I congratulate you on the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces and wish you to serve with dignity and live happily!

Today we congratulate the lords of the missiles, but not those that fly into space, because today is the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces! With all our hearts, we want to wish you success in your service, good luck in your personal life, good health, long years and the goodwill of Destiny, so that battles take place only during exercises!

To you, our loyal defender, on the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces, we sing congratulations and praises, wishing you with all our heart a glorious, slightly intoxicated happiness and brilliant days of service until retirement! With such military as you, we will not be lost, which means that every year there will be spring and peace on our land!

Congratulations to the Strategic Missile Forces Day

Day of Strategic Missile Forces 2015 - significant date... Congratulating on the Day of Strategic Missile Forces-2015, a professional holiday, we must not forget that they never stop monitoring the security of our country.

Video "Happy Strategic Missile Forces Day"

The Armed Forces of Russia have a separate branch of the military, which is directly subordinate to To the General Staff Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces).

Their holiday - the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces - is celebrated in the troops on December 17, according to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1239 of December 10, 1995.

On this day in 1959, the Strategic Rocket Forces were created (Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 1384-615 of 12/17/1959).

The creation and rapid development of the Strategic Missile Forces took place in the difficult post-war years, this was due to the fact that foreign countries, in particular the United States, already had a missile, which posed a real threat to the security of our country. The base for the production of Soviet ballistic missiles was the German captured FAU-2 missiles. Test launches of German missiles began in 1947, and on October 10, 1948, the first Soviet ballistic missile R-1 was launched.

Chief Marshal of Artillery of the USSR Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin was appointed the first commander of the Strategic Missile Forces of the USSR.

Mitrofan Nedelin was born on November 9, 1902 in Borisoglebsk, now - Voronezh region... In the Red Army since 1920. Participated in civil war... In 1941, he began his journey along the fronts of the Great Patriotic War with the rank of colonel, as the commander of the 4th artillery anti-tank brigade, and finished in 1945 as the commander of the artillery of the Southwestern and 3rd Ukrainian fronts.

M.I. Nedelin made a great contribution to the organizational and practical work on the creation of the Strategic Missile Forces. He directly supervised the organization of the research base of the domestic rocket industry, supervised the activities of state commissions for flight design tests of the first long-range missile models, incl. equipped with nuclear charges.

The commander's life was tragically cut short on October 24, 1960 during test run new rocket R-16 at the Baikonur test site, he, along with other testers, died in the line of duty.

The Strategic Missile Forces are permanent combat readiness forces. They represent the ground component of the strategic nuclear forces (SNF), which, in addition to the RSVN, have strategic and naval strategic forces, therefore the strategic nuclear forces are also called the "nuclear triad."

Not everyone nuclear powers in the world have their own nuclear triad, that is, the air, land, and naval components of the strategic nuclear forces. Russia has.

The Russian Federation has in its Armed Forces such a unique structure as the Strategic Missile Forces, for which the military specialists are trained by the Military Academy. Peter the Great (in 2015 relocated to Balashikha near Moscow), as well as specialized training centers.

The strategic missile forces are based on intercontinental ballistic missiles ground-basedequipped with nuclear warheads.

Currently, the Strategic Missile Forces are in service with several types of stationary and mobile missile systems. The mobile-based grouping includes PGRK Topol, Topol-M and PGRK Yars. The missiles of these complexes can be launched from virtually any given point, which can be reached by the base vehicle carrying nuclear weapon.

On the eve of the RF Ministry of Defense reported that the Yars mobile missile systems entered service with the Yoshkar-Ola Strategic Missile Forces compound

Missile systems with "heavy" and "light" class missiles form the basis of the stationary-based grouping.

To date, serial production and delivery of missile systems and systems to the troops continues. Certain successes have been achieved in the creation of new missile systems, which in the future will replace the existing equipment in service. The RS-26 "Rubezh" ("Yars-M") intercontinental ballistic missile, which is being developed by specialists from the Votkinsk plant, is close to being put into service. In the near future, it is planned to gradually replace heavy-class intercontinental ballistic missiles; for this, a project is being developed for a fifth-generation RS-28 "Sarmat" missile, which should be tentatively completed in 2018.

It is expected that by 2020-2022, the basis of strategic missile forces' armaments will be the complexes created over the past 10-15 years, which will positively affect not only the combat capability of the Strategic Missile Forces themselves, but also the strategic security of the state.