Moscow. August 3. INTERFAX-The launchers of the Yars mobile ground-based missile system (PGRK) of the Barnaul Missile Division entered the combat patrol routes as part of the exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"Strategic rocket scientists are practicing practical actions for the withdrawal of missile systems to field positions, making marches with the change of field positions, engineering equipment, camouflage, protection and defense of field positions," the report says.
According to the military, in total, about 1,000 military personnel and more than 200 pieces of equipment are involved in the exercise.
"During the exercise, strategic rocket scientists are working out the issues of making marches up to 100 kilometers long, dispersing units with changing field positions, their engineering equipment, organizing camouflage and combat security," the ministry said.
It is noted that this exercise is conducted around the clock.
Yars is a mobile and mine-based strategic missile system capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 11 thousand km. It is equipped with a split head with maneuvering blocks of individual guidance. This complex is the basis of the RVSN grouping.
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the RVSN consists of three missile armies, 12 missile divisions, of which four are with mine launchers and eight are with mobile missile systems.
