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| General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces begins preparing exercises with missile formations of the Southern Military District |
| 2024-05-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, began preparations for exercises with missile formations of the Southern Military District (SMD) with the involvement of aviation, as well as forces of the Russian Navy. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense. “On the instructions of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in order to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to carry out combat missions, the General Staff has begun preparations for holding exercises in the near future with missile formations of the Southern Military District with the involvement of aviation, as well as naval forces”, says the Telegram channel of the defense department. It is noted that during the exercise, the Russian Armed Forces will conduct activities to practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. The ministry added that the exercise is aimed at maintaining the readiness of personnel and equipment of units for the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons to respond and in order to unconditionally ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Russia in response to provocative statements and threats of individual Western officials against the Russian Federation. As reported by Regnum news agency, on April 12, a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile of a mobile ground missile system (PGRK) was carried out from the Kapustin Yar test site. It was noted that the launch was successful. On March 1, the Ministry of Defense published footage of the successful launch of the Yars rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. The training launch was carried out by the Yoshkar-Ola missile formation. In March, Putin, in an interview with journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, said that Russia is ready to use weapons, including nuclear weapons, if there is a danger to the existence of the Russian state, the risk of harming the sovereignty and independence of the country. The President recalled that all this is spelled out in the core strategy, which has not changed. The head of state also said that the Russian nuclear triad is more modern than that of any other country. |
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