Russia publicizes installation of intercontinental missile ahead of 'Strategic Forces Day'.

Iran PressEurope: In a further sign of the importance it attaches to its strategic nuclear deterrent, the Russian military has loaded a 'Yars' ballistic missile into a silo launcher in the Kaluga region.

The Ministry of Defense released a video to mark the event, just ahead of Russia’s 'Day of Strategic Missile Forces'.

It said that an “intercontinental ballistic missile of the Yars complex was loaded into a silo launcher at the Kozelsky missile formation in the Kaluga region.”

The announcement of Russia’s intercontinental missile installation comes after reports that the US President Joe Biden administration is finalizing plans to send an advanced long-range air defense system to Ukraine to help counter Moscow’s attacks. 

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