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| Russian Strategic Defense News Roundup for October 25th, 2023 |
| 2023-10-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. The Strategic Deterrence Forces practiced launching cruise and ballistic missiles [RIA Novosti] The Strategic Deterrence Forces conducted exercises under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin reported. It is clarified that first the president heard reports from the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu and the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. “Let’s get to work. Please, give the floor to Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu,” Putin said. The Minister of Defense reported that during the training, the tasks of delivering a massive nuclear strike by strategic offensive forces in response to an enemy nuclear attack were being worked out. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the XX annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club - The head of the General Staff reported on the procedure for holding the event. He noted that the strategic mobile missile system of the Strategic Missile Forces "Yars", the strategic missile submarine of the Northern Fleet "Tula", as well as two strategic long-range missile carriers Tu-95MS were involved in the exercises. According to the Kremlin, practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place during the training: an intercontinental ballistic missile of the Yars complex was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome at the Kura test site in Kamchatka; In addition, during the exercises they checked the level of training of military command and control bodies, leadership skills, as well as operational personnel in organizing the command and control of subordinate troops. The Kremlin emphasized that all planned tasks were completed in full. The previous training of strategic forces under the leadership of the president took place on October 26, 2022. Practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles also took place then. In addition, similar exercises took place in February last year. As the Ministry of Defense emphasized, the event was planned to test the readiness of military command and control bodies, combat launch crews, crews of warships and strategic missile carriers to carry out assigned tasks, as well as the reliability of the weapons of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear forces. The maneuvers involved forces and assets of the Aerospace Forces, troops of the Southern Military District, Strategic Missile Forces , Northern and Black Sea Fleets. Tu-95MS long-range aviation aircraft launched cruise missiles [Regnum] Tu-95MS long-range aviation aircraft launched cruise missiles. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported this on October 25. It is noted that Tu-95MS were involved in training strategic deterrence forces. They launched air-launched cruise missiles. As IA Regnum previously reported , the Ministry of Defense published footage of the launch of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome at the Kura training ground in Kamchatka, as well as the launch of the Sineva missile from the Barents Sea. Under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on October 25, training was conducted with the forces and means of the ground, sea and air components of the nuclear deterrent forces. During the training, practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place. The head of state heard reports from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov on the training of strategic deterrence forces. More from regnum.ru Russian Ministry of Defense publishes footage of the Yars missile launch The Russian Ministry of Defense published a video of missile launches during the training of the strategic nuclear deterrent forces, which took place on October 25 under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin . The footage shows the launch of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome at the Kura test site in Kamchatka. As reported by IA Regnum , on October 25, under the leadership of Putin, training was conducted with the forces and means of the ground, sea and air components of the nuclear deterrent forces. During the training, practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place. The head of state heard reports from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov on the training of strategic deterrence forces. As noted in the Kremlin, during the events the level of preparedness of military command and control bodies and the work skills of management and operational personnel were checked. Even more from regnum.ru Source: MiG-31s are ready to patrol over the Black Sea MiG-31 fighters with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles are ready to patrol over the Black Sea. TASS reported this on October 25, citing a source close to the Russian Ministry of Defense. TASS: MiG-31 with Kinzhal missiles are ready to patrol over the Black Sea “MiG-31 aircraft with Kinzhals, in pursuance of the political decision of the country’s leadership, are ready to patrol the airspace over the Black Sea, they are only waiting for an order,” the agency quotes the source as saying. It is clarified that MiG-31 flights will be accompanied by Su-27 fighters. As Regnum reported, on October 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the aerospace forces to begin constant patrolling of the airspace over the Black Sea with Mig-31 aircraft equipped with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile systems. He clarified that these missile systems have a speed of Mach nine and are capable of hitting targets at a distance of more than a thousand kilometers. The head of state emphasized that this is not a threat, but information about the decision made, and noted that the United States is increasingly drawn into the Ukrainian conflict, and is also aggravating the situation in the Middle East by sending two aviation groups to the Mediterranean Sea. |
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