US EditionPutin directs drills of Russian nuclear forces as his summit with Trump is put on hold
The exercise tested Russia’s nuclear command readiness with missile launches from land, sea, and air amid heightened East-West tensions and a postponed Putin-Trump summit.
- Vladimir Putin oversaw a large-scale nuclear forces exercise involving land, sea, and air components to test readiness and command structure, according to the Kremlin.
- The exercise included a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launch from Plesetsk and a Sineva missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea.
- All assigned tasks during the exercise were completed, as stated by the Kremlin.
- Earlier, Russia terminated a bilateral agreement with the United States regarding weapons-grade plutonium disposal, impacting nuclear arms control.
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Russia publishes video of nuclear drills after Putin-Trump summit delay
Russia said it had carried out a major training exercise involving nuclear weapons, a day after the United States announced a delay in plans for a second summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
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op-online.dePutin monitored a nuclear exercise on Wednesday in which the entire nuclear triad of Russia was deployed: land, sea and air-borne resources.
Russia Test-Fires Ballistic, Cruise Missiles as Putin Directs Nuclear Forces Drills
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Oct. 22 directed a wide-ranging exercise of the country’s strategic nuclear forces, including the test launch of intercontinental ballistic and cruise missiles. The drills followed his recent announcement that Moscow is actively developing new nuclear weapons. The exercises involved all components of Russia’s nuclear triad: land, sea, and air, according to Russian state-owned news agency TASS. They coincided w…
Vladimir Putin attended exercises by the triad of strategic nuclear forces (sea, land, air). Â Intercontinental ballistic missiles and missiles have been launched from...
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