Russian Military Parade 2009 (russian weapons) / Desfile Militar Ruso 2009 (armas rusas)

Russian weapons - Armas rusas

Вооружённые силы Российской Федерации

Предназначены для ведения разведки группировок противника, обеспечения завоевания господства (сдерживания) в воздухе, защиты от ударов с воздуха важных военно-экономических районов (объектов) страны и группировок войск, предупреждения о воздушном нападении, поражения объектов, составляющих основу военного и военно-экономического потенциала противника, поддержки с воздуха Сухопутных войск и сил флота, десантирования воздушных десантов, перевозки войск и материальных средств по воздуху.

The Russian military is divided into the following branches: Ground Forces, Navy, and Air Force. There are also three independent arms of service : Strategic Missile Troops, Military Space Forces, and the Airborne Troops.

Russia possesses the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces controls its land-based nuclear warheads, while the Navy controls the submarine based missiles and the Air Force the air based warheads. Russia's nuclear warheads are deployed in four areas:

Land based immobile (silos), like RS-24.
Land-based mobile, like SS-27 Topol M.
Submarine based, like SS-N-30 Bulava.
Air-based warheads of the Russian Air Forces' strategic bomber force
The Navy consists of four fleets:

Baltic Fleet (HQ at Baltiysk in the enclave of Kaliningrad Oblast).
Pacific Fleet (HQ at Vladivostok).
Northern Fleet (HQ at Severomorsk).
Black Sea Fleet (HQ at Sevastopol, Ukraine. (In 2005, the Ukrainian government agreed that Russia would be allowed to lease several base areas around Sevastopol until 2017.)
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Military manpower
(Source mostly CIA World Factbook)
Military age 18 years of age
Availability males age 18-49: 35,247,049 (2005 est.)
Fit for military service males age 18-49: 21,000,000 (2006 est.)
Reaching military age annually 821,103 (2008 est.)
Active troops 1,037,000 Total troops 3,796,100
Military expenditures
$34 billion USD(2009)

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