Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has led an exercise with the country’s strategic nuclear deterrent forces on land, at sea, and in the air, informs the Kremlin on Wednesday evening.
The exercise primarily involved the launch of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and mainly took place from Northwest Russia.
- An intercontinental ballistic missile of the Jars type was launched from the Plesetsk launch site in the Arkhangelsk region. The destination was an exercise field on Kamtsjatka, a peninsula in eastern Russia.
- A ballistic missile of the Sineva type was launched from the nuclear submarine Tula in the Barents Sea.
- Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched a cruise missile. Their testing site is not mentioned.
“The exercise aimed to test the level of preparedness of military command organs and the leadership and personnel’s ability to manage the troops under their command. The objectives of the exercise were fully reached,” writes the Kremlin.
NATO’s exercise
On its side, NATO has just concluded its annual nuclear military exercise, Steadfast Noon, which began in Southern Europe on October 16th.
Around 60 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads have conducted training flights over Italy, Croatia, and the Mediterranean. The exercise does not involve real atomic bombs. It concluded on Thursday.
Imminent exit from nuclear moratorium
On Wednesday, the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s parliament, unanimously adopted a law on withdrawal from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, reports TASS.
This international treaty banned all types of nuclear test explosions, both tests of nuclear weapons and test explosions for peaceful purposes.
The law is intended to create parity between Russia and other nuclear powers, such as the United States and China. The latter two have signed, but not ratified, the agreement.
The treaty has not entered into force because several nuclear-capable countries have either not signed or ratified it, but it has primarily made nuclear tests taboo.
Source : Hight North News
