“Under the leadership of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Russia Vladimir Putin, a training was held with the forces and means of the ground, sea and aviation component of the strategic deterrence forces,” the report said.
As noted, during the exercises "practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place."
The ministry said that from the waters of the Barents and Okhotsk seas, submarines of the Northern and Pacific fleets launched ballistic missiles at the Kura training grounds in Kamchatka and the Chizh in the Arkhangelsk region.
Also, surface ships of the Northern Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla launched Caliber cruise missiles from the Barents and Caspian seas on targets on the shore.
“The practical launch of cruise and ballistic missiles was controlled from the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation,” the Ministry of Defense said.
Thunder-2019 aircraft command exercises are held in Russia from October 15-17. As reported, in the exercises will be involved 12 thousand military, 213 launchers of strategic missile forces, missile carriers and ships.
More details in the material RT.