On 9 December 2020, under the leadership of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a training was held on the management of strategic offensive forces, reported the official TV channel of the Russian Ministry of defense on Wednesday.
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The training involved ground, naval, and air forces and assets that make up Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces. Practical actions of Strategic Missile Forces (RSVN RF) launchers, strategic missile carriers of long-range aviation of the Aerospace Forces, and a nuclear missile submarine of the Northern Fleet were exercised.
Tu-160 and Tu-95MS aircraft were launched from the Engels airfield. The training strikes fell on the Kura and Pemboy training grounds.
A video of the night takeoff of the Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier was published:
Zvezda also published footage of a ballistic missile launch carried out by the K-18 Karelia submarine from a submerged position in the Barents Sea:
K-18 "Karelia" - Project 667BDRM "Dolphin" is a strategic nuclear-powered missile submarine.
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was launched at the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome. Zvezda publishes a video edited from the video of the launch of the Yars ICBM, filmed by cameras from different angles.
“Combat training launches of an intercontinental ballistic missile, a ballistic missile of a submarine, high-precision long-range air-launched cruise missiles were carried out from the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome, from the Barents Sea, as well as by Tu-160 and Tu-95MS aircraft from Engels and Ukrainka airfields. Training strikes of strategic weapons were carried out at the Kura and Pemboy training grounds. Objectives of the exercises were fulfilled,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
