Russia Begins Military Exercises with Yars Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
Military units will also perform engineering support, radiation, chemical and biological protection tasks during the exercises.
MOSCOW: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its forces have begun military exercises involving intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The ministry said in a statement carried by TASS news agency that the Yars mobile ground-based nuclear missile launchers will be deployed to field sites as part of a scheduled training exercise for Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces.
The statement added that formations in the Sverdlovsk and Altai regions are scheduled to conduct command and staff exercises during which Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles will be transferred to field positions.
Military units will also perform engineering support, radiation, chemical and biological protection tasks during the exercises.
The Yars missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can be transported on trucks or placed in underground missile launchers.
-QNA
