Yars Missile System, Tula Submarine, 2 Tu-95MS Take Part In Russian Nuclear Forces Drills - UrduPoint

The Yars mobile ground-based missile system of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, the Tula strategic missile submarine of the Northern Fleet, and two Tu-95MS long-range strategic missile carriers were involved in the training of Russia's strategic nuclear forces, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff Gen. of the Army Valery Gerasimov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

"The training involved the Yars mobile ground missile system of the Strategic Missile Forces, the Tula strategic missile submarine of the Northern Fleet, and two Tu-95MS long-range strategic missile carriers," Gerasimov said.

The launches of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk spaceport and the Sineva ballistic missile from the Barents Sea at the Kura training ground in Kamchatka were carried out during the training of strategic deterrence forces, according to the Kremlin.

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 Russian armed forces are holding drills to deliver a massive nuclear strike in response to an enemy nuclear strike under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

"Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Putin), in accordance with the training plan for the Russian armed forces, under your leadership, training is being conducted to control the Russian armed forces, during which the tasks of delivering a massive nuclear strike by strategic offensive forces in response to an enemy nuclear strike will be worked out," Shoidu told Putin at a meeting.