On October 25, under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a training of nuclear deterrence forces took place. All components of the Russian nuclear triad were involved. Ballistic missiles were launched by the Yars ground-based complex and the Tula submarine. And long-range Tu-95MS bombers fired back with cruise missiles. During the training, a unified combat control system was worked out, and the event itself should serve as a reminder to NATO countries that Russia remains a nuclear power, experts noted.
On October 25, under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a training of nuclear deterrence forces took place. All components of the Russian nuclear triad were involved. Ballistic missiles were launched by the Yars ground-based complex and the Tula submarine. And long-range Tu-95MS bombers fired back with cruise missiles. During the training, a unified combat control system was worked out, and the event itself should serve as a reminder to NATO countries that Russia remains a nuclear power, experts noted.
Training of nuclear deterrence forces
Under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, a training session was held on October 25 with the use of land, sea and aviation components of the nuclear deterrent forces. Practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place.
According to the Kremlin's press service, an intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" was launched from the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome at the Kura test site in Kamchatka. A Sineva ballistic missile was launched from the Barents Sea from the nuclear submarine Tula. Tu-95MS long-range aircraft also participated in the training, which carried out launches of air-launched cruise missiles. We managed practical launches from the National Defense Control Center of Russia.
"During the events, the level of preparedness of the military command bodies, the skills of the management and operational staff in organizing the management of subordinate troops (forces) was checked. The tasks planned during the training have been completed in full," the Kremlin's press service said in a statement.
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"In a situation of aggravation of the geopolitical situation, this is a serious signal to the United States and its NATO allies that Russia is a nuclear power and these weapons have not gone anywhere, they remain a guarantee of our security," former Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ordzhonikidze told Izvestia. — This is one of the very serious political signals that should make you think to what extent Western countries should participate — albeit not directly, but through an intermediary — in the war against Russia.
The fact that the strategic exercises were commanded directly by the president suggests that the combat control system was being worked out, the main person of which is the head of state: the president and the chief of the General Staff must simultaneously press the appropriate buttons, and the combat control system brings these orders to launchers, submarines and aircraft, the editor of the Militaryrussia portal explained to Izvestia Dmitry Kornev.
— The combat training launch was carried out by a military ballistic missile "Yars" with a splitting head, - the expert said. — The R-29 Sineva missile was launched from the K-114 Tula submarine of the 667 BDRM project. This is an intercontinental liquid-fueled ballistic missile for submarines with a separable head. Two cruise missiles from Tu-95MS long-range aircraft were also used. It can be assumed that this is X-101 (it is believed that X-101 is a non—nuclear variant, and X-102 is a nuclear one). Thus, it turned out that the entire nuclear triad worked under the control of the top officials of the state, who will make a decision in the event of, as they say, an hour. And a unified combat control system was being worked out, which works for the entire triad.
The training of the components of the nuclear triad takes place at least once a year, usually in the fall, but it happens that these events are held twice a year. Combat training launches of individual components of the nuclear triad occur more often.