Putin directs drills of Russian nuclear forces as his summit with Trump is put on hold
Russia conducted missile launches from land, sea, and air to test nuclear forces readiness amid summit delay, completing all tasks, Kremlin said.
- 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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Putin monitored a nuclear exercise on Wednesday in which the entire nuclear triad of Russia was deployed: land, sea and air-borne resources.
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