Russias military test-fired ballistic missiles across the country Tuesday to simulate an enormous nuclear action to an attack on the country.The workouts came a month after President Vladimir Putinrevealed plans to expand Russias rules on the use of its nuclear weapons.
The Kremlin said the modifications served as a warning to Western countries considering whether to enable Ukraine to fire long-range missiles deep inside Russian territory.Russia verifies its firm position that the use of nuclear weapons is a last-resort procedure for ensuring state security, Putin stated at the start of Tuesdays exercise.In light of rising geopolitical tensions and emerging external threats, it is essential to have modern-day and combat-ready strategic forces, the Kremlin leader added, stating that Russia does want to participate in a brand-new arms race.Russias Defense Ministry fired a Yars intercontinental ballistic rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
That warhead was gone for the Kura test range in Far East Russias Kamchatka peninsula.Meanwhile, the Novomoskovsk and Knyaz Oleg nuclear submarines released Sineva and Bulava ballistic rockets from the Barents Sea, according to the Defense Ministry, which said that a Tu-95MS long-range airplane also fired cruise missiles.A video accompanying the militarys statement showed the rockets being fired from their different launch locations throughout Russia.Putinoversaw similar massive retaliatory nuclear strike drills last October, with the Kremlin describing them as a regular and prepared.