MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia carried out on Thursday large-scale military exercises to test the combat readiness of its nuclear triad, the Defense Ministry said.
"The exercises involved practical drills of the personnel of command-and-control centers of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, crews of nuclear-powered submarines in service with the Northern and Pacific fleets, as well strategic and long-range bombers," the ministry said in a statement.
#ПроверкаСЯС Сегодня в соответствии с Планом подготовки ВС #РФ проведена тренировка по управлению СЯС России https://t.co/v8FajyvxX2 pic.twitter.com/m6aX8m4SdF
— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) 26 октября 2017 г.
According to the statement, Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 bombers conducted launches of cruise missiles against targets on the Kura, Pemboy and Terekta testing ranges, while a Pacific Fleet nuclear sub fired a salvo of two ballistic missiles from the Okhotsk Sea at a target at the Chizha range (Arkhangelsk region) and a Northern Fleet sub fired a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea at a target on the Kura range (Kamchatka peninsula).
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#Russian_Armed_Forces held Strategic #Nuclear_Forces control training https://t.co/v8FajyvxX2 pic.twitter.com/TCPw5p4zF0
— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) 26 октября 2017 г.
Meanwhile, a unit of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces launched a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk space center at a target on the Kura range.
"The goals of the exercises were successfully accomplished as all designated targets were destroyed," the ministry concluded.
