● IN SERVICESINCE 2020Su-57
5th-gen fighterRussia's fifth-generation fighter; a batch in a new technical configuration was delivered in 2026.
- MAKER
- UAC (Sukhoi)
- CONTRACT
- 76 aircraft
- LATEST BATCH
- New configuration, 2026
ARSENAL · GLOBAL FIREPOWER 2026 RANK #2 · PWRINDX 0.0791
Russia
The newest systems in service, in testing or in development: five per domain, across air, sea, land, missiles and space.
01 · DOMAIN
Air
● IN SERVICESINCE 2020
● IN SERVICESINCE 2014Su-35S
4++ generation multirole fighterDelivered in several batches every year from the Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant; RUSI reports some batches arrive late.
- MAKER
- UAC (Gagarin plant)
- GENERATION
- 4++
- 2025 PLAN
- Fulfilled (Rostec claim)
● TESTINGFROM 2022Tu-160M
Strategic missile-carrying bomber (new build)Newly built Tu-160 production restarted; the first new-build aircraft flew in January 2022.
- FIRST NEW-BUILD FLIGHT
- 12 Jan 2022
- CONTRACT
- 10 aircraft
- PLANT
- Kazan
● TESTINGFROM 2019
No freely licensed photoS-70 Okhotnik
Heavy strike droneFlying-wing combat drone that first flew in August 2019 and has flown together with the Su-57.
- MAKER
- Sukhoi
- FIRST FLIGHT
- 3 Aug 2019
- LAYOUT
- Flying wing
● IN SERVICESINCE 2023Ka-52M
Attack and reconnaissance helicopterUpgraded Ka-52, delivered to army aviation from January 2023.
- MAKER
- Kamov (Russian Helicopters)
- DELIVERIES FROM
- Jan 2023
- FIRST BATCH
- About 10
02 · DOMAIN
Sea
● IN SERVICESINCE 2020Borei-A class
Ballistic missile submarineCore of Russia's sea-based nuclear forces; Knyaz Pozharsky is the latest to join the Navy.
- MISSILES
- 16 × Bulava
- BULAVA RANGE
- ~8,300 km (CSIS est.)
- LATEST
- Knyaz Pozharsky
● IN SERVICESINCE 2021
No freely licensed photoYasen-M class
Nuclear cruise missile submarineMultipurpose submarine; the sixth boat, Perm, is the first fitted for the Zircon hypersonic missile.
- MAIN WEAPONS
- Oniks, Kalibr-PL
- ZIRCON
- From Perm
- LEAD BOAT
- Kazan
● IN SERVICESINCE 2018Project 22350 frigate
Guided-missile frigate (Admiral Gorshkov class)Russia's newest surface combatant class, armed with the Tsirkon hypersonic missile.
- DISPLACEMENT
- ~4,450 t
- STRIKE
- Kalibr, Oniks, Tsirkon
- LATEST
- Admiral Golovko (Dec 2023)
● IN SERVICESINCE 2018Karakurt class (Project 22800)
Small missile shipSmall Kalibr carriers with Pantsir-M air defense; Burya joined the Baltic Fleet in 2026, according to Russia.
- DISPLACEMENT
- ~860 t full load
- MISSILES
- 8 × Kalibr-NK
- LATEST
- Burya (2026)
● TESTINGFROM 2025Poseidon
Nuclear-powered uncrewed underwater vehicleStrategic underwater vehicle; Putin announced a successful test in October 2025 and called the work final-stage in 2026.
- POWER
- Small nuclear power unit
- ANNOUNCED
- Mar 2018
- TEST
- Oct 2025 (announced)
03 · DOMAIN
Land
● IN SERVICESINCE 2020T-90M Proryv
Main battle tankRussia's newest serial tank, delivered in repeated batches from Uralvagonzavod.
- ENGINE
- 1,130 hp (claimed)
- GUN
- 125 mm, fires missiles to 5 km
- SIGHT
- Sosna-U
● TESTINGFROM 2015T-14 Armata
Main battle tankUncrewed-turret tank delivered in pilot batches; still being refined after limited combat use.
- TURRET
- Uncrewed
- STATUS
- Pilot batches, trials
- 2019 CONTRACT
- 132 T-14 and T-15
● IN SERVICESINCE 20202S35 Koalitsiya-SV
Self-propelled howitzerAutomated 152 mm howitzer with remote fire control; first batch delivered in 2020.
- GUN
- 152 mm
- RATE OF FIRE
- 10+ rounds/min (claimed)
- FIRST BATCH
- 2020
● IN SERVICESINCE 2025S-500 Prometey
Air and missile defense systemLong-range system whose first regiment entered combat duty in December 2025, according to Russia; not yet independently confirmed.
- MAKER
- Almaz-Antey
- COMBAT DUTY
- Dec 2025 (first regiment)
- TARGETS
- All aerospace attack weapons (claimed)
● IN SERVICETOS-2 Tosochka
Heavy flamethrower systemWheeled thermobaric rocket launcher of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops.
- RANGE
- Up to 20 km (MoD)
- CHASSIS
- Ural 6×6, wheeled
- MUNITIONS
- Thermobaric, incendiary
04 · DOMAIN
Missiles
● IN SERVICESINCE 2017Kh-47M2 Kinzhal
Air-launched hypersonic ballistic missileLaunched from the MiG-31K; first used in combat in March 2022.
- SPEED
- Mach 10 (claimed)
- RANGE
- Up to 2,000 km
- CARRIER
- MiG-31K
● IN SERVICESINCE 20243M22 Tsirkon (Zircon)
Ship-launched hypersonic cruise missileIn service and used in combat, according to Putin's 2024 address.
- SPEED
- ~Mach 9 (claimed)
- RANGE
- 1,000+ km (claimed)
- LAUNCHER
- 3S-14 VLS
● TESTINGFROM 2022RS-28 Sarmat
Heavy liquid-fuel ICBMReplacement for the Voevoda; tested in May 2026 with the first regiment due by the end of 2026. FAS found none on combat duty as of March 2026.
- LAST TEST
- 12 May 2026
- RANGE
- 35,000+ km suborbital (claimed)
- FIRST REGIMENT
- Uzhur, end-2026 (planned)
● IN SERVICESINCE 2019
No freely licensed photoAvangard
Hypersonic boost-glide vehicleGlide vehicle carried by the UR-100N UTTKh ICBM; Russia announced the first units on duty in December 2019, and FAS dates the first full regiment to December 2021.
- CARRIER
- UR-100N UTTKh
- SPEED
- Mach 20+ (est.), Mach 27 (claimed)
- FIRST UNITS ON DUTY
- Yasny, 27 Dec 2019 (announced)
● IN SERVICESINCE 2025
No freely licensed photoOreshnik
Intermediate-range ballistic missileFirst used in November 2024; on combat duty in Belarus since December 2025.
- RANGE
- Up to 5,000 km (Belarus MoD)
- PAYLOAD
- Nuclear or conventional
- DEPLOYED
- Belarus, Dec 2025
05 · DOMAIN
Space
● IN SERVICESINCE 2023GLONASS-K2
Navigation satelliteModernized GLONASS satellite with nine navigation signals.
- MAKER
- ISS Reshetnev
- SIGNALS
- 9 (claimed)
- MASS
- ~1,645 kg
● IN SERVICESINCE 2015
No freely licensed photoEKS Kupol (Tundra)
Missile early-warning satellitesTracks ballistic missile launches from highly elliptical orbit; six Tundra satellites have been launched, and how many still work is uncertain (Podvig).
- SATELLITES
- 6 launched, working count uncertain
- ORBIT
- Highly elliptical
- REPLACES
- Oko, Oko-1
● TESTINGFROM 2021
No freely licensed photoDirect-ascent ASAT (Nudol)
Anti-satellite missileDestroyed the defunct Tselina-D satellite (Kosmos 1408) in a November 2021 test.
- TEST
- 15 Nov 2021
- TARGET
- Tselina-D (Kosmos 1408)
- DEBRIS
- 1,500+ tracked (US State Dept)
● IN SERVICESINCE 2019Peresvet
Combat laser systemGround laser deployed since December 2019 in the areas of five Strategic Missile Forces divisions.
- DEPLOYED
- 5 missile divisions
- ON DUTY
- Since 1 Dec 2019
- TYPE
- Ground-based laser
● IN SERVICESINCE 2014Angara-A5
Heavy launch vehicleHeavy rocket for Plesetsk and Vostochny; launched satellites for the Defense Ministry in June 2025.
- TO LOW ORBIT
- Up to 24.5 t
- SITES
- Plesetsk, Vostochny
- LATEST MILITARY LAUNCH
- 19 Jun 2025
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