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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Russia’s counter-nuke, space troops launch missiles in sudden drill

Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw a snap check of Russia’s nuclear deterrent, aerospace defenses and strategic aviation on Wednesday, according to the RIA-Novosti news agency.

“The exercise involved launches of ballistic missiles, drills by air defense and missile defense units,” the Kremlin press spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that all practice targets had been destroyed.

The alerted forces conducted launches of a RS-12M Topol ballistic missile and a RS-20V Voyevoda ballistic missile in central Russia, as well as ballistic missile launches from submarines Bryansk (Northern Fleet) and Svyatoy Georgy Pobedonosets (Pacific Fleet).

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