Editing Strategic Rocket Forces (section)

{{Short description|Separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces}}
{{about|the branch of the Russian Armed Forces|other uses|Strategic Rocket Forces (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Strategic Rocket Forces
| native_name                   = Ракетные войска стратегического назначения<br />''Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya''
| image                         =  Emblem of Strategic Rocket Forces of Russia.svg
| image_size                    = 200px
| caption                       = Emblem of the Strategic Rocket Forces
| start_date                    = {{start date and age|df=yes|1959|12|17}}
| country                       = {{unbulletedlist|{{flag|Russia}} (1992–present)|''{{flag|Commonwealth of Independent States|1992}}'' (1991–1992)|{{flag|Soviet Union}} (1959–1991)}}
| branch                        = {{Armed forces|Russia|size=23px}}
| type                          = Strategic missile force
| role                          = Strategic missile deterrence
| size                          = 50,000 personnel (2020)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IF11603.pdf | title=Russian Armed Forces: Military Modernization and Reforms | date=2010-07-20 | website=fas.org}}</ref>
| command_structure             = 
| garrison                      = [[Vlasikha, Moscow Oblast|Vlasikha]], 2.5 km northwest of [[Odintsovo]], [[Moscow Oblast]]
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
| commander1                    = {{flagicon image|Standart of the President RF.svg}} [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]]
| commander1_label              = Supreme Commander-in-Chief
| commander2                    = {{flagicon image|Standart of the Russian Minister of Defence.svg}} [[Andrey Belousov]]
| commander2_label              = [[Minister of Defense (Russia)|Minister of Defense]]
| commander3                    = {{flagicon image|Flag of Russia's Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces.svg}} [[Colonel General]] [[Sergey Karakayev]]
| commander3_label              = [[Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces|Commander]]
| patron                        = 
| motto                         = "''После нас - тишина''"
("After us - silence")
| march                         = [[March of the Artillerymen|Artillery March]] (Марш Артиллеристов) by [[Tikhon Khrennikov]]
| equipment                     = [[Ballistic missiles]], [[cruise missiles]]
| battles                       = [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]<br>[[Able Archer 83]]<br>[[Norwegian rocket incident]]<br>[[Russo-Ukrainian War]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-28-2024 |title=Institute for the Study of War |access-date=31 August 2024 |archive-date=31 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831044617/https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-28-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| anniversaries                 = 17 December
<!-- Insignia -->| identification_symbol         = [[File:Flag of the Strategic Missile Forces.png|125px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Flag
| identification_symbol_2       = [[File:Strategic Rocket Forces sleeve badge of the Russian Federation-1.svg|125px]]
| identification_symbol_2_label = Patch
| identification_symbol_3       = [[File:Medium emblem of the Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Федерации.svg|125px]]
| identification_symbol_3_label = Middle Emblem
| identification_symbol_4       = [[File:Малая эмблема Ракетных войск стратегического назначения России.png|125px]]
| identification_symbol_4_label = Insignia
| website                       = [https://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/strategic_rocket.htm Official website]
}}
{{Russian military}}
[[File:Sergey Karakaev.jpg|thumb|Sergei Karakayev (2015)]]
The '''Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation''' or the '''Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation''' ('''RVSN RF'''; {{langx|ru|Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Федерации (РВСН РФ)|lit=Strategic Purpose Rocketry Troops of the Russian Federation|Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii}}) is a [[military branch|separate combat arm]] of the [[Russian Armed Forces]] that controls Russia's land-based [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s (ICBMs). It was formerly part of the [[Soviet Armed Forces]] from 1959 to 1991.

The Strategic Rocket Forces was created on 17 December 1959 as part of the [[Soviet Armed Forces]] as the main force for operating all Soviet nuclear ground-based [[intercontinental ballistic missile|intercontinental]], [[intermediate-range ballistic missile]], and [[medium-range ballistic missile]] with ranges over 1,000 kilometers. After the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union collapsed]] in 1991, assets of the Strategic Rocket Forces were in the territories of several new states in addition to Russia, with armed nuclear missile silos in Belarus, Kazakhstan and [[Nuclear weapons and Ukraine|Ukraine]]. The three of them transferred their missiles to Russia for dismantling and they all joined the [[Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]].

Complementary strategic forces within Russia include the [[Russian Aerospace Forces]]' [[Long Range Aviation]] and the [[Russian Navy]]'s [[ballistic missile submarine]]s. Together the three bodies form Russia's [[nuclear triad]].