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28th Guards Red Banner Missile Division
Active	May 3, 1961
Country	Soviet Union (1961–1991)  Russia (1991–present)
Branch	Strategic Rocket Forces
Type	Missile division
Part of	27th Guards Missile Army
HQ location	Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast
Decorations	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

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.

Commanders

Equipment

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

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

v t e Divisions of the Soviet Union 1957–1989
Airborne	7 31 44 Training 76 98 103 104 105 106 107
Artillery	2 15 20 Training 26 34 51 55 81 110 149
Aviation	1 6 12 16 22 36 55 95 Mixed 95 Fighter 119 326
Motor Rifle	Guards 1st – 18th 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 20th – 39th 20 21 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 42nd – 66th 42 45 47 48 50 51 (I) 51 (II) 53 55 57 59 62 63 64 66 70th – 97th 70 72 77 81 83 86 87 90 92 93 94 97 109th – 144th 109 112 113 114 115 120 122 123 128 144 Training 2 16 34 37 42 53 62 63 66 80 92 100 112 4th – 27th 4 9 12 13 15 18 19 21 22 24 27 32nd – 49th 32 33 35 40 41 43 44 46 47 48 49 52nd – 69th 52 54 56 58 60 61 62 65 67 68 69 71st – 99th 71 73 74 75 78 79 80 82 84 85 88 89 91 92 93 95 96 99 100th – 119th 100 101 102 108 110 111 114 116 117 118 119 121st – 135th 121 124 125 126 127 129 130 131 134 135 145th – 199th 145 146 147 148 149 150 152 155 157 164 180 192 197 198 199 201st – 295th 201 203 207 213 242 245 254 265 266 270 272 295 Training 43 56 61 67 78 121 129 150
Rocket	4 7 8 10 13 14 18 19 23 24 27 28 29 35 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 49 54 62
Tank	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 Training 25 28 29 30 31 32 34 36 37 40 41 42 44 Training 45 Training 47 48 Training 51 60 75 78 79 90 117 Training 193
Other	OMSDON
Guards units marked in bold unless they are in a Guards section.

Strategic Rocket Forces Rocket divisions
4th 7th Guards 8th 10th Guards 13th 14th 18th Guards 19th 23rd Guards 24th Guards 27th 28th Guards 29th Guards 31st Guards 32nd 33rd Guards 35th 36th Guards 37th Guards 38th 39th Guards 40th 41st Guards 42nd 43rd Guards 44th 45th 46th 47th 49th Guards 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th Guards 57th 58th 59th 60th 62nd
Bolded units are currently active in the Strategic Rocket Forces.

v t e Active divisions of the Russian Federation
Airborne	7 44 76 98 104 106
Tank	4 47 90
Motor rifle	2 3 6 18 19 20 27 42 47 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 127 144 150
Rocket	7 8 13 14 28 29 35 39 42 54 60 62
Aviation	1 4 8 12 18 21 22 27 34 105 303 326
Air defense	1 2 3 4 5 25 26 31 32 41 44 51 76 93
Unique	Separate Operational Purpose 18 Machine Gun Artillery 9 Missile Defense
Naval	Submarine 7 8 10 11 24 25 31 42 45 30 36 43
Naval aviation	2
Guards units marked in bold.

• Rocket divisions of the Soviet Union
• Rocket divisions of Russia
• Military units and formations established in 1961