Photo: The Russian Defense Ministry’s press service
Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces are conducting military exercises centered around the Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile. Martial exercises, started on Tuesday, are holding outside Moscow.Several hundred military vehicles, among them mobile intercontinental ballistic missile complexes, are taking part in extensive field exercises throughout Russia.
“About 400 military vehicles, including autonomous missile launchers Topol, Topol-M and Yars, are practicing to perfection tasks of combat duty; exercises are holding in different Russia’s regions: from Tver region to Altai Krai,” the press office of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation said.
“During the combat training, strategic missileers work out the issues of the entry of missiles to the field positions, the march, and the dispersal of military units with changing of the field position, as well as the issues of the engineering equipment of the positions, signature reduction measures, and battle defense,” the press office reported.
Military will detect, block and destroy prearranged subversives. At this stage, new combat anti-sabotage machines Taifun-M and unmanned aerial vehicles are used.