Soviet Union Strategic Missile Troops T-Shirt

The Strategic Missile Troops or Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or RVSN RF[1] are a military branch of the Russian Military that controls Russia's land-based ICBMs. The RVSN was first formed in the Soviet Armed Forces, and when the USSR collapsed in 1990–1991, it effectively changed its name from the Soviet to the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces. The Strategic Rocket Forces were created on December 17, 1959 as the main Soviet force used for attacking an enemy's offensive nuclear weapons, military facilities, and industrial infrastructure.[2] They operated all Soviet ground-based intercontinental, intermediate-range, and medium-range nuclear missiles with ranges over 1,000 kilometres. Complementary strategic forces within Russia are the Long Range Aviation and the Russian Navy's ballistic missile