Russian President Vladimir supervised the drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces. Putin said in his televised remarks from the crisis command room in the Kremlin yesterday that they have a scheduled strategic nuclear forces management drill. Addressing online the top military leadership, he underscored that the current drills are scheduled involving land, sea and air-based strategic nuclear forces. According to a Kremlin release, practical launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and air-based cruise missiles were carried out during the drill.

 

 

The exercise was held under the supervision of President Putin and involved Yars ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launchers, the strategic nuclear-powered submarine Bryansk of the Northern Fleet and Tu-95MS strategic bombers, the Kremlin specified. The Kremlin said the drills tested the readiness of military command-and-control systems and the operational skills of the staff, adding that all objectives were met.