Russian nuclear triad

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The Russian nuclear triad is Russia’s three-pronged strategic nuclear deterrent, consisting of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and long-range strategic bombers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear triad
strategic nuclear deterrent
airLegOperatedBy Russian Aerospace Forces NERFINISHED
airLegPlatform Tupolev Tu-160 NERFINISHED
Tupolev Tu-22M3 NERFINISHED
Tupolev Tu-95MS NERFINISHED
airLegType air-launched cruise missile
airLegWeapon Kh-101 cruise missile (nuclear-capable variant) NERFINISHED
Kh-102 cruise missile NERFINISHED
Kh-55 cruise missile NERFINISHED
armsControlContext New START Treaty NERFINISHED
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START) NERFINISHED
commandAndControl National Defence Management Center of Russia NERFINISHED
component land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles
long-range strategic bombers
submarine-launched ballistic missiles
country Russia
era post-Soviet period
landLegOperatedBy Strategic Rocket Forces NERFINISHED
landLegSystem Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle NERFINISHED
R-36M2 Voyevoda NERFINISHED
RS-12M Topol NERFINISHED
RS-12M2 Topol-M NERFINISHED
RS-24 Yars NERFINISHED
UR-100NUTTKh NERFINISHED
landLegType road-mobile ICBM
silo-based ICBM
maintainedBy Russian Federation NERFINISHED
modernizationFocus enhancement of penetration capabilities against missile defense
improvement of survivability
replacement of Soviet-era systems
modernizationProgram strategic forces modernization
origin Cold War legacy forces of the Soviet Union
policyFramework Russian nuclear doctrine
purpose deterrence of nuclear attack
second-strike capability
strategic deterrence
role deterrence of large-scale conventional aggression
guarantee of national sovereignty
seaLegOperatedBy Russian Navy NERFINISHED
seaLegPlatform Borei-class ballistic missile submarine NERFINISHED
Delta IV-class ballistic missile submarine NERFINISHED
seaLegSystem R-29RMU Sineva NERFINISHED
R-29RMU2 Layner NERFINISHED
RSM-56 Bulava NERFINISHED
seaLegType submarine-launched ballistic missile
strategicCommand General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation NERFINISHED
strategicObjective maintain credible second-strike capability against major nuclear powers
successorOf Soviet nuclear triad NERFINISHED

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