Russian Military (Russian Rise)

The Russian military is divided into the Army, Navy, and Air Force. There are also many other independent arms of service such as Strategic Nuclear Forces, Military Space Forces, Military Intelligence and the Special Operations Forces. In 2008, the military had approximately 2.3 million personnel on active duty. It was mandatory for all male citizens aged 18–33 to be drafted for 18 months (12 months since 2001) of service in Armed Forces. However, President Senkov has passed an act which declares that, from 2009, peacetime conscription would not take place, althought during war or emergencies the draft would take place.

Russia has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. It has one of the two largest fleet of ballistic missile submarines and is the only country apart from the U.S. with a modern strategic bomber force. Russia's tank force is the largest in the world, its surface navy and air force are among the two strongest.

The country has a large and fully indigenous arms industry, producing all of its own military equipment. Russia is the world's top supplier of arms, a spot it has held since 2001, accounting for around 30% of worldwide weapons sales and exporting weapons to about 80 countries.

Official government military spending for 2008 was $138 billion, the second largest in the world, though various sources have estimated Russia’s military expenditures to be considerably higher.