MOSCOW. Oct 29 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday distributed a video footage of work done by the nuclear triad forces during a training exercise of strategic deterrence forces held under President Vladimir Putin's supervision.
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being fired on a target at the Kura range in Kamchatka from Plesetsk Cosmodrome can be seen on the footage, as well as a launch of such a missile from a submarine of Russia's Pacific Fleet and a takeoff by Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bombers.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov earlier reported to Putin on a massive nuclear attack by strategic offensive forces in response to an enemy nuclear strike being practiced as part of a training exercise.