How many intercontinental missiles does the Russian Federation have? Details from Defense Express.

According to Defense Express, Russia has 521 intercontinental ballistic missiles that can be deployed on land and at sea. The publication notes that the creation of such an arsenal took more than 20 years.

Composition of intercontinental missiles in Russia:

• 34 RS-20 'Voivod' missiles,
• 60 RS-12M 'Topol-M' missiles,
• 18 RS-12M1 'Topol-M' missiles,
• 180 RS-24 'Yars' missiles (in silo variant - 180, in mobile - 24),
• an unknown number of 'Sarmat' missiles,
• about 8 'Avangard' missiles.

In the naval component, Russia has 192 ballistic missiles that can be deployed on 12 nuclear submarines. Of these, 112 missiles are RSM-56 (or R-30) 'Bulava', whose deployment began in 2012, and 80 missiles are RSM-54 'Sineva', whose deployment started in 2007,' the article states.

We remind you that today, November 21, the occupiers fired an intercontinental ballistic missile 'Rubizh' at Dnipro for the first Time.

Ukrainian Air Forces noted that Russia attacked Dnipro with missiles of various types. In particular, an intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Astrakhan region of Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russia is using Ukraine as a testing ground. He confirmed that today the occupiers struck with a new missile.

❗️'Putin uses Ukraine as a testing ground,' President Zelensky commented on the Russian missile strike on Dnipro pic.twitter.com/0lSkeMm6KS

— GLAVCOM (@GLAVCOM_UA) November 21, 2024

As reported, details about RS-26 'Rubizh' remain unknown. However, estimates suggest its weight is 40-50 tons, with a range of 6 thousand kilometers and the missile can carry four separate warheads with a power of 0.3 Mt each, similar to those used on RS-24 'Yars'.