The article analyzes the ways of development of missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Modern examples of the development of missile troops and artillery of the armies of NATO and the United States are given. These shortcomings in the development of RVIA of Ukraine and ways to correct them. Methods of further improvement of RViA of Ukraine are also offered. The Ukrainian-Russian war changed NATO’s attitude toward artillery and missile forces. As a result, the United States is already improving its artillery. Ukrainian missile and artillery forces must make a significant qualitative leap in three key areas – mobility, accuracy and range, as well as manufacturability. Today, only the 26th separate art brigade has a 152-mm ACS with a range of up to 30 km. The missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as other components of our army, met the beginning of the Ukrainian-Russian war in a difficult situation. 2014 was preceded by numerous «reforms», the essence of which was to reduce these troops. Yes, in 21 years, more than 20 compounds and units have been disbanded and only partially reformatted. These are, in particular, the Elbrus missile systems (popularly known by the NATO classification as Scud) with a range of up to 700 km, which were completely disposed of in 2011. Ukraine is left with only operational and tactical missile systems «Point-U» with a range of 120 km, the number of which in the Armed Forces also decreased. There was a reduction of jet and barrel artillery. Ukraine inherited too many different weapons from the Soviet Union, including artillery and various missiles. But large-scale reductions reflected the attitude that high-intensity interstate war does not threaten our country. Therefore, there is no special need for artillery if the priorities are peacekeeping missions, the fight against instability and terrorism. Artillery is a means of fire support to ground units in an offensive or defense in a large-scale war. And we could not need it, the developers of the Military Doctrine of 2012 believed. And at a critical time, in March 2014, there were only 2 separate artillery brigades (26th and 55th) in the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the Msta-S / B, Hyacinth-S / B, and Pion systems, 1 brigade with «Point-U» (19th), as well as 3 artillery regiments (27th, 15th and 107th), which were armed with MLRS «Hurricane» and «Tornado». Separate mechanized and tank brigades had so-called brigade artillery groups (systems «Carnation», «Acacia», «Hail»). At the same time, the paratroopers not only did not have tanks, but also serious artillery to support their forces with fire. Keywords: missile forces, artillery, development, modernization.