China News Agency, Moscow, December 9th (Reporter Wang Xiujun) The Russian Defense Ministry announced on the 9th that the Russian armed forces held a strategic nuclear force exercise on the same day.
According to sources, the exercise was conducted in accordance with the Russian armed forces training plan.
The Russian Strategic Missile Force, the Strategic Air and Space Force (Air Force), the North Sea Fleet, and nuclear submarines all participated in the exercise.
During the exercise, the Tu160 and Tu95MS bombers launched cruise missiles after taking off from Engels and Ulanka airports. The strategic nuclear submarine "Karelia" launched ballistic missiles from under the Barents Sea, and Plesetsk launched The field launched an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The missile targets are located at the Kula shooting range on the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia and the Pianboi shooting range in the Komi Republic in central Russia.
All tasks of the exercise were successfully completed.
According to TASS news, this time the Tu160 and Tu95MS bombers launched Kh101 and Kh555 two latest cruise missiles.
According to Interfax news agency, during the exercise, the US Air Force RC-135S strategic reconnaissance plane flew over the Bering Sea near the Russian border for several hours to track the launch trajectory of the intercontinental missile.
According to reports, the machine can accurately determine the time when the intercontinental missile engine is turned off, thereby determining the missile launch point and landing point, and the calculation error does not exceed 100 meters.
In recent years, Russia has been increasing its efforts to modernize and upgrade its strategic nuclear power equipment.
Russian President Putin stated in November this year that the modernization level of Russia's strategic nuclear weapons has reached 82%.
Russia will continue to strengthen its "triad" nuclear forces such as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and strategic bombers. Maintaining such power can eliminate the threat of large-scale military conflicts.
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