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Russian Strategic Missile Forces

Ракетные войска стратегического назначения

RUSSIA · ARMED FORCES OF RUSSIA · BRANCH

Part of Armed Forces of Russia

Moscow-aligned Active
Assessed as of
2026-07
Reviewed
2026-09-28
Confidence
high
  • Service emblem · official
  • State affiliation · Russia
  • Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance

Service emblem: Sleeve badge of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN). The official sleeve insignia of the Strategic Missile Forces. It stands here in place of the RVSN service FLAG, whose only available vectorisation is copyleft-licensed and was declined; this badge is the strongest cleanly-licensed official mark for the service. The design itself is not an object of copyright: Article 1259(6) of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation excludes official symbols and signs. The file shipped is the Wikimedia Commons SVG "Strategic Rocket Forces sleeve badge of the Russian Federation-2.svg", released under PD-RU-exempt on that basis, so no attribution or share-alike obligation attaches. Optimised for web display; geometry unaltered.

State affiliation: Russia.

The smaller square mark is a Vigil category device, drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role — not an official insignia.

In brief

The land-based strategic nuclear arm — a separate branch of the armed forces alongside the ground, aerospace and naval services. Listed for structural completeness only: this atlas deliberately carries no detail below this line, by policy rather than for want of sources.

Scope
Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
Subordination
Subordination confirmed
Record state
Stub

About this record

Stub — a structured placeholder meeting the public-stub threshold: name, place in the force tree, broad role, and a dated status. A full profile follows source review.

Campaigns

Campaigns naming this organisation as a participant. The campaign record owns the relationship and grades it; this list is computed.

  • The strategic campaign against Ukraine's electricity system Supporting force · Since October 2022 · low confidence · as of 2026-06

    Recorded at low confidence: the ballistic component of these strikes is attributed to several Russian structures in open reporting and the module does not resolve the attribution.

Confidence: High Methodology Corrections

Assessed as of — 2026-07 Last reviewed — 2026-09-28

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Connected records

1 record that this organisation names, or that name it — every one an explicit reference in a published record, nothing inferred from subject matter.

Participates in1

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