money went in part to finance decommissioning of warheads under international agreements, such the Cooperative Threat Reduction programme, but also to improve security and personnel training in Russian nuclear facilities. In the late evening of 11 September 2007 the fuel-air explosive AVBPM or "Father of All Bombs" was successfully field-tested. According to the Russian military, the new weapon will replace several smaller types of nuclear bombs in its arsenal. See also Military academies in Russia Military commissioning schools in Russia Reserve Officer Training in Russia Warrant officer schools of the Russian Armed Forces Adjunctura in Russia Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation Uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia History of Russian military ranks Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation Naval ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation Notes Citations Dara Massicot, What Russia Got Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 2023 References Andrew Bowen, "Russian Armed Forces: Capabilities ," Congressional Research Service, June 30, 2020. "How are the mighty fallen". The Economist. 2–8 July 2005. pp. 45–46. Russia Creates Unique Rifle That Can Shoot at Four Kilometres RNS, November 2016 Keir Giles, Military Service in Russia: No New Model Army, Conflict Studies Research Centre, May 2007 International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance, various editions Further reading Galeotti, Mark, 'Organised crime and Russian security forces: mafiya, militia and military', Journal of Conflict, Security and Development, issue 1:2, 2001. Ivanov, Henry, 'Country Briefing: Russia—Austere deterrence', Jane's Defence Weekly, 28 April 2006 Pynnöniemi, K., 'Russia's Defence Reform: Assessing the real "Serdyukov heritage"' , FIIA Briefing Paper 126, 26 March 2013, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Turbiville, G., 'Organized crime and the Russian armed forces', Transnational Organized Crime, vol. 1, issue 4, 1995, pp. 55–73; Waters, T., 'Crime in the Russian military', CSRC Paper C90, (Camberley: Conflict Studies Research Centre, 1996). External links Russian Ministry of Defense (in English) Russian Military Capabilities in a 10 year perspective (PDF) 2013 study by the Swedish Defence Research Agency Russia's military modernisation - Putin's new model army by The Economist, 24 May 2014 Just How Dangerous is Russia's Military? by The National Interest 15 July 2016 by Nikolas Gvosdev Russia's New Army study from 2011 by the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Russia's Military: Assessment, Strategy, and Threat report by the Center on Global Interests Russia's shiny new