Iran Press/ Europe: The Russian military on Wednesday conducted sweeping drills of its strategic nuclear forces that featured several practice missile launches.
The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the maneuvers included the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Karelia nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea.
As part of the drills, a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile was also launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia and Tu-160 and Tu-95 strategic bombers fired cruise missiles at test targets.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated: "All tasks related to the command and control of the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces were successfully completed during the exercise." 219
