Development overview of Russian ballistic missile and missile defense system

Abstract

The technologies of ballistic missile and ballistic missile defense system have become the focus of mutual strategic balance and competing development among the major powers since World War II. Russia has inherited the ballistic missile and defense technology left over from the former Soviet Union during the Cold War and has carried out a lot of innovation and development on the existing basis. Russian ballistic missiles focus on the trinity development strategy of sea, land and air, and gradually change the original strategic goal of focusing on land but supplementing by sea and air. The Russian ballistic missile defense system continues to use the former Soviet Union's plan and has the main purpose of defending the important goal of the homeland. This article focuses on the development history and development status of Russian ballistic missiles and ballistic missile defense systems, and forecasts and analyzes the future development trend of Russian ballistic missiles and anti-missile systems.