| 31st Rocket Army | |
|---|---|
| Active | June 8, 1970 |
| Country | Soviet Union (1970-1991) Russia (1991-present) |
| Branch | Strategic Rocket Forces |
| Type | Rocket army |
| HQ location | Rostoshi, Orenburg |
31st Rocket Army (Russian: 31-я ракетная армия) is one of the three rocket armies within Russian Strategic Rocket Forces headquartered in Orenburg.
The 31st Rocket Army was formed on June 8, 1970 on the base of the 18th Separate Rocket Corps.
The 31st Army is equipped with R-36M and RT-2PM Topol intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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From 1970, a number of rocket divisions have been under the army's control: the 8th Rocket Division, 13, 14, (41), 42, 50, 52, (55), 59th. One of these previously active divisions was the 52nd Rocket Division (RT-23UTTKh, SS-24 Scalpel) at Bershet, Perm Oblast. It joined the 31st Army in 1970 and was disbanded in 2002:
PERM, Eastern European Russia. Feb 22 (Interfax-AVN) - The disbandment of units of the Ternopil-Berlin missile division headquartered in the Perm region started on Friday in accordance with the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) reform program, a spokesman for the division headquarters told Interfax-Military News Agency. One of four regiments of the division stopped accomplishing combat duties and the first section of the railway missile system was sent for scrapping. The division was established 40 years ago and has been awarded Orders of Bohdan Khmelnytskyy and Red Star. Ever since its establishment the division would get the most latest missile systems, and in 1988 it started to commission railway missile systems which are practically impossible to track even from satellites. "In spite of the fact that the unit's disbandment is a decided matter, many of us doubt if the decision is timely," division commander Major General Boris Sinenko said" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 22 Feb 2002).
There are two rocket divisions that are under command of the 27th Army: