MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax-AVN) - A training of the Strategic Rocket Force (RVSN), which was conducted on the territory of twenty regions of Russia, has now ended, colonel Igor Yegorov, an official with the Defense Ministry's press service and information department on RVSN, told Interfax-AVN.
"The strategic rocket divisions used all types of rocket systems used by RVSN. The main purpose of the training was to determine the ability of rocket divisions and regiments department to take measures to put [military units] on the highest combat preparedness for any situation," the officer said.
According to earlier reports, the RVSN training used over thirty rocket regiments stationed in different regions of Russia, from the Tver region to the Irkutsk region.