In 2021, Russia's national GDP was only $1.77 trillion, which is only one tenth of China's total! Undoubtedly, this dilemma has also greatly affected its defense budget, causing stagnation in the development of various naval surface vessels such as the Su-57 fighter jets, T-14 main battle tanks, and so on. Russia can only spend its limited budget on the construction and maintenance of strategic weapons. Looking at the Russian military's three pronged strategic strike force, there are many representative weapons that the West highly fears.

As of the beginning of 2021, there are a total of 13080 nuclear bombs of various types in the world, with the United States and Russia possessing 5550 and 6255 respectively. All nuclear armed countries have completed the deployment of 3720 (of which 2000 can be launched within 5 minutes). After entering 2022, the number will increase to 3825. Specifically, when comparing the United States and Russia, it can be found that the number of troops deployed by the United States in 2021 (1800) is slightly higher than that of Russia (1625), but a large portion of Russia's nuclear bombs are still used as military reserves.

Russia's projection technology should not be underestimated. In the eyes of the West, the first and foremost is the RS-28 Salmat intercontinental missile, which made its debut in 2018. The missile has a maximum takeoff weight of 208 tons and a warhead weight of nearly 10 tons. It can carry 10 750000 equivalent warheads or a 20 million ton single warhead, with enough power to destroy a country! At the same time, it can also carry a large number of decoy warheads, which greatly reduces the interception efficiency of the opponent's anti missile system.

Compared to solid rocket engine missiles, the Sarmat uses liquid rocket engines, which have the advantage of greater thrust, resulting in significant improvements in range and carrying capacity. There are reports that the missile can also carry a wave body ballistic warhead like YU-71, which can reach a maximum speed of over 10 Mach! If targeting Western European targets, their maximum takeoff weight and range are 120 tons and 9000 kilometers, respectively; If attacking North America, its maximum takeoff weight and range will be increased to 200 tons and 16000 kilometers!

And the Yars intercontinental missile is also a highly feared weapon by the West. After the strategic strike force of Russia was upgraded to a higher level of readiness, a certain unit of the Russian Rocket Force equipped with this missile also began to conduct road maneuvers at night. The Yars missile is an upgraded version of the Baiyang-M missile, typically using the MZKT-79221 16 wheeled transport launch vehicle as the combat platform. The maximum warhead weight of the Yaris missile is about 1.2 tons, and it can carry 3-4 sub warheads. Due to its additional rocket propulsion system, its maximum range can reach 11000 kilometers.

The latest improved Yars also adopts a star missile composite guidance system and a Glonass satellite guidance system, with a hit accuracy error controlled within a range of 200 meters, and its range can be free from human interference. At the same time, Yars also added active electronic interference and infrared interference devices, which can disable the opponent's photoelectric detection and guided control system, thereby reducing the possibility of being intercepted by the opponent's anti missile system. Coupled with its sprint speed of 4.8 kilometers per second, the difficulty of the opponent's defense can be imagined.

The most outstanding representative of the Russian military's strategic nuclear submarine is the North Wind God class, which adopts a single and double hybrid hull design. The highlight of this design is the balance between anti sinking performance and weapon/electronic device carrying capacity. At the same time, with the help of streamlined command tower enclosures and new sound-absorbing tiles, the quietness of the North Wind God class surpasses that of the Ohio class, which also uses pump jet propulsion, and the degree of automation is higher. According to the plan, 10 North Wind God class ships will be put into service.

The North Wind God class is equipped with 20 Brava submarine launched ballistic missiles, while the Ohio class is equipped with 24 Trident IID5 missiles. Despite the reliability, quantity, and range advantages of the Trident IID5, the North Wind God class has a new salvo system that can launch all 20 missiles in 10 minutes without adjusting its own posture, while the Ohio class needs to adjust its posture, so launching all 24 missiles takes more than an hour. From this point of view, the attack of the North Wind God is obviously more difficult to defend against.

Source: Military of Strong Countries