These missile systems are difficult to identify, track down and destroy, which makes them superior to mine-based missiles in terms of survivability.
The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) have begun large-scale exercises in the center of the country in the Sverdlovsk region.
"In total, more than 3,000 military personnel and about 300 pieces of equipment are involved in the exercise," the Ministry of Defense said, noting that the main purpose of the exercise is to improve the practical skills of the command and control officers of the Strategic Missile Forces.
"During the exercise, issues of intensive maneuvering actions of YARS mobile missile systems, their camouflage and countering modern and promising aerial reconnaissance means in cooperation with formations and units of the Central Military District will be worked out at a qualitatively new level," the military department noted. - As part of the exercises, the state of combat training will be inspected, the capabilities of weapons and special equipment will be evaluated. The Commission of the RVSN command will assess the capabilities of the Tagil connection, taking into account the rearmament."
It is not clear whether these exercises are conducted as part of larger planned maneuvers of the Strategic Missile Forces, writes the American edition of The National Interest.
The yArs ICBM has a digital inertial navigation system. It takes only seven minutes for the complex to be transferred to the ready-to-launch position. In recent decades, Russian missile forces have increasingly preferred mobile road complexes.
These missile systems are difficult to identify, track down and destroy, which makes them superior to mine-based missiles in terms of survivability.
In the Russian military strategy, road-mobile ICBMs are considered as a key source of strategic duplication, which is an additional and very tenacious deterrent and deterrent in the event of a major nuclear conflict, the American edition quotes Inosmi.
