465th Missile Brigade

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465th Missile Brigade
Sleeve insignia of the 465th Missile Brigade
Active1988 – Present
Country Soviet Union (1988–1991)
 Belarus (1992–Present)
Branch Soviet Army (1988–1991)
 
Tochka-U, Iskander

The 465th Missile Brigade (465 rbr) (

Osipovichi, the brigade reports directly to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus
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Formed in 1988 at Baranovichi as part of the Soviet Army, the brigade came under Belarusian control following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The brigade relocated to Tsel near Osipovichi in 2005, replacing the disbanded 22nd Missile Brigade, and by 2016 was based at Yuzhny together with the General Staff-reporting artillery brigades.

History

A Tochka-U of the brigade during the 2017 Independence Day Parade

The 465th Missile Brigade completed its formation on 1 September 1988 as part of the

6th Guards and 28th Tank Divisions, respectively.[2] Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Valery Chvey, the brigade conducted its first Tochka launches at Kapustin Yar in November 1989 and received a satisfactory rating. The 465th participated in a tactical exercise in August 1991 and was expanded by the formation of the 587th Separate Missile Battalion, since disbanded, on 1 December of that year.[3]

The brigade became part of the

Baranovichi District in 1994 and in disaster relief efforts for a 1997 windstorm in the Brest Region. The brigade performed the first Belarusian Tochka launch during tactical exercises at the Dretun weapons testing site in September 1996, and since then has been a frequent participant in Belarusian military exercises. As a reward for its performance in the Chistoye Nebo-2003 (clear sky) exercise, the 465th received the award pennant of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense, and the next year was awarded the pennant again for the Shchit Otechestva-2004 (Shield of the Fatherland) exercise. The brigade also participates in the annual Victory Day and Independence Day parades.[3]

The brigade was relocated to the settlement of

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began partially from Belarusian territory.[9] After the invasion, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced in May 2022 that Russia had agreed to allow Belarus to produce a domestic copy of the Iskander tactical ballistic missile system, the replacement for the Tochka, in order to modernize the Belarusian Armed Forces.[10][11] The Belarusian Ministry of Defense announced on 1 February 2023 that a battalion of Iskander systems had entered full autonomous operation with the 465th Brigade.[12][13][14]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Lensky & Tsybin 2001, pp. 35, 127.
  2. ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 460.
  3. ^ a b c Markushin, Grigory (30 August 2013). "1 сентября 465-й ракетной бригаде — 25 лет" [465th Missile Brigade turns 25 on 1 September]. Asipovitsky Kray (in Russian). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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  5. ^ a b Pisarenko, Denis (30 August 2014). "Знак качества: ракетчики из Цели" [Mark of quality: Missilemen from Tsel]. Vo slavu rodiny (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. ^ Golod, Igor (31 October 2018). "Столица артиллерии" [Artillery capital]. Minsky kuryer (in Russian). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. ^ Markushin, Grigory (13 January 2020). "Цель в Осиповичском районе. Два года спустя" [Tsel in Osipovichi Raion, two years later]. Asipovitsky Kray (in Russian).
  8. doi:10.1080/04597222.2022.2022930
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  9. ^ "Тактический ракетный комплекс "Точка-У" осуществил боевые пуски -" (in Russian). 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  10. ^ "Lukashenko: Belarus has bought Iskander and S-400 missile systems from Russia". eng.belta.by. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  11. ^ "Belarus to deploy special forces to southern border near Ukraine". Reuters. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  12. ^ "Белорусские военные приступили к самостоятельной эксплуатации "Искандера"". BelTA. 1 February 2023.
  13. ^ Ракетный комплекс "Искандер": как это работает. Тест-драйв от белорусских военных (in Russian). ONT TV Channel. 12 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Белорусские военные получили ракетный комплекс "Искандер" – мониторинговая группа". Зеркало недели | Дзеркало тижня | Mirror Weekly. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

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