Russian forces are conducting drills involving Yars mobile nuclear missile launchers, Russian media reported on Tuesday, in what would be the second such exercise in less than a month.
Missile launcher crews in the Volga river basin, some 700 kilometers (435 miles) east of Moscow, were set to move over 100 kilometers (62 miles) and practice camouflage and deployment, the Interfax news agency reported.
"Servicemen of the Yoshkar-Ola missile unit are carrying out missions including intensive maneuvers on combat patrol routes. Yars missile crews are practicing marches of up to 100 kilometers, spreading out the units, changing their field positions, their engineering equipment, camouflaging efforts and protection in combat. Also strategic missile servicemen are rehearsing ways to counter sabotage and reconnaissance groups," the ministry said in a statement.
Missile units and subunits will practice operations to spread out in forested areas in order to increase stealth. Support units will withdraw special equipment from areas of hypothetical chemical contamination.
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During the exercise, military personnel of the Yoshkar-Ola missile formation (Republic of Mari El) conducted intensive maneuvering operations along combat patrol routes. The training footage was published by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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In addition, military personnel train skills in countering sabotage and reconnaissance groups.