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28th Guards Rocket Division

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28th Guards Red Banner Missile Division
ActiveMay 3, 1961
Country Soviet Union (1961–1991)
 Russia (1991–present)
Branch Strategic Rocket Forces
TypeMissile division
Part of27th Guards Missile Army
HQ locationKozelsk, Kaluga Oblast
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Valeriy V. Kasyanov

28th Guards Order of the Red Banner Missile Division (Russian: 28-я гвардейская ракетная Краснознамённая дивизия) is a missile division under command of the 27th Guards Missile Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces of Russia headquartered at Kozelsk in Kaluga Oblast.

History

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28th Guards Red Banner Missile Division was formed on May 3, 1961, on the base of 198th Engineer Missile Brigade. On August 4, the Division received its colors.

The first training launch (R-2 missile) was performed on August 18.

On May 30, 1964, two regiments armed with R-9 Desna ICBM were formed under command of the 28th Division. Between 1967 and 1969 eleven UR-100 regiments were formed.

On President's order one of the regiments received title Kaluga. On September 12, 2007, one of the regiments (07390) was disbanded.

There were plans to disband the entire division by 2010, but on November 5, 2008 President Dmitry Medvedev during his speech at the joint session of Russia's Parliament announced that the 28th Division will resume its mission.

In 2013, work began on the rearmament of 10 silos of the 28th Missile Division with the silo complex version of the RS-24 "Yars" which completed in 2018.[1]

Commanders

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Commanders of the 28th Guards Rocket Brigade
No. Name From To
1 Major General Mikhail S. Burmak 1961 1967
2 Major General Vasiliy M. Barabanshikov 1967 1975
3 Major General Vladimir A. Generalov 1975 1977
4 Major General Vladimir M. Timofeyev 1977 1980
5 Major General Vladimir I. Petrov 1980 1986
6 Major General Dmitry N. Bolshakov 1986 1992
7 Major General Boris A. Polyakov 1992 1995
8 Major General Vasiliy G. Karavaytsev 1995 1998
9 Major General Sergey V. Karakayev 1998 2001
10 Major General Victor A. Fyodorov 2001 2004
11 Major General Oleg G. Antsiferov 2004 2009
12 Colonel Edward E. Stefantsov 2009 2013
13 Colonel Valeriy V. Kasyanov February 27 2013 present

Equipment

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In 1961-1964 the 28th Division received 15 R-9 Desna ICBM launchers, including 6 silos.

In 1967 the first (out of 11) UR-100 regiment was formed.

By 1978 6 out of 11 UR-100 regiments received modified UR-100N (US DOD: SS-19 Stiletto) missiles. As of 2010 UR-100N remains the only ICBM in service with the division.

References

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  1. ^ "Первый полк ракетных комплексов Ярс в Козельском ракетном соединении заступил на боевое дежурство : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации".