Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces

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Cold War military organization military branch strategic missile force

The Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces were the branch of the Soviet Armed Forces responsible for land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and formed the core of the USSR’s nuclear deterrent during the Cold War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet strategic missile forces	1
Ракетные войска стратегического назначения СССР	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War military organization ⓘ military branch ⓘ strategic missile force ⓘ
commandStructure	centralized strategic command ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
disbanded	1991 ⓘ
doctrine	nuclear deterrence ⓘ second-strike capability ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
established	1959 ⓘ
establishedBy	Soviet government ⓘ
garrison	various missile bases across the Soviet Union ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
militaryBranchOf	Soviet Union ⓘ
nativeName	Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения СССР
partOf	Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
peakMissileInventory	thousands of nuclear-armed ballistic missiles ⓘ
peakPersonnelStrength	hundreds of thousands of personnel ⓘ
primaryFunction	operation of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles ⓘ strategic nuclear strike capability ⓘ
primaryWeaponType	cruise missile ⓘ intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ intermediate-range ballistic missile ⓘ medium-range ballistic missile ⓘ short-range ballistic missile ⓘ
responsibleFor	land-based strategic nuclear forces ⓘ nuclear deterrence ⓘ strategic missile forces command and control ⓘ
role	core of the USSR nuclear deterrent ⓘ
subordinateTo	Ministry of Defense of the USSR ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union
succeededBy	Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation ⓘ surface form: Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation
usedDuringConflict	Cold War ⓘ
usedWeaponSystem	R-16 ICBM ⓘ R-36 ICBM ⓘ R-7 Semyorka rocket ⓘ surface form: R-7 Semyorka ICBM RT-2 ICBM ⓘ RT-23 Molodets ICBM ⓘ RT-2PM Topol ICBM ⓘ SS-11 Sego ICBM ⓘ SS-13 Savage ICBM ⓘ SS-17 Spanker ICBM ⓘ SS-18 Satan ICBM ⓘ SS-19 Stiletto ICBM ⓘ SS-20 Saber IRBM ⓘ SS-25 Sickle ICBM ⓘ SS-4 Sandal MRBM ⓘ SS-5 Skean MRBM ⓘ UR-100 ICBM ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Commander-in-Chief → authorityOver → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union)

this entity surface form: Soviet strategic missile forces

R-7 Semyorka rocket → developedFor → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: R-7 Semyorka

Soviet High Command → exercisedAuthorityOver → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR → hasAuthorityOver → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ

Soviet armed forces → hasPart → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ

Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces → nativeName → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения СССР

Soviet military officers → partOf → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ

Plesetsk Cosmodrome → previouslyControlledBy → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ

Ministry of Defense of the USSR → responsibleFor → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ