A simulated nuclear attack to scare NATO. The Russian Armed Forces have decided to conduct exercises that simulate “the tasks of carrying out a massive nuclear attack with strategic strike forces in response to an enemy nuclear attack”: this was stated by Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov in a speech to Vladimir Putin. The news was reported by the Interfax agency, according to which the exercises are “supervised” by the Russian president. Russia’s Defense Ministry has said its “strategic deterrence forces” practiced launching ballistic and cruise missiles during exercises “conducted under the leadership” of the Russian president. According to the ministry – as reported by the Interfax agency – an intercontinental ballistic missile Yars was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome towards the Kura training ground in Kamchatka, and the Sineva and Bulava ballistic missiles were launched from the strategic nuclear submarine Novomoskovsk in the Barents Sea . and the nuclear submarine Knyaz Oleg in the Sea of Okhotsk’. The exercise also used long-range Tupolev Tu-95MS aircraft, which launched cruise missiles. “All missiles reached their targets,” the Russian ministry claims. The RS-24 ‘Yars’ (NATO reporting name SS-29) is a fifth-generation intercontinental ballistic missile, an updated version of the ‘Topol-M’ ballistic missile. Design began in 2004 and the first test flight was completed on May 29, 2007, in response to the installation of NATO’s missile shield in Poland. The device has a diameter of 2 meters, a length of 22.5 meters and a weight of 49 tons. It uses a Glonass satellite guidance system, the same system used in the Topol-M rocket (RS-12M2). It is transported on MZKT-7922116×16 trucks. The missile has a range of about 10,500 kilometers and its estimated firing accuracy should be about 250 meters ‘CEP’ (the maximum margin of error), but some sources report between 150 and 200. The Tupolev Tu-95 is a Soviet-designated created a four-engine strategic bomber, developed in the 1950s by Tupolev, entered service in the Soviet Aviation in 1956 and is still in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Tu-95MS version. As a direct descendant of the Tupolev Tu-4, which it replaces, it is notable for its longevity. It was designed to perform deterrence and nuclear strike missions and is still used in this role, as it is an integral part of the Russian Federation’s nuclear triad. Developed in numerous versions, the Tu-95 gave rise to its civilian counterpart Tu-114, the AWACS Tu-126 and the anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142. From 2021, the Tu-95 MSM version, equipped with new engines and capable of carrying Kh-101/102 long-range cruise missiles, will be purchased by the Russian Armed Forces. As read on the Tass website, Russia’s strategic deterrent forces are part of Moscow’s armed forces, designed to deter aggression against the country and its allies and to “defeat the aggressor in a war ‘, using different types of weapons, ‘including nuclear weapons’. The strategic deterrent forces consist of offensive and defensive strategic forces. The strategic nuclear forces (the nuclear triad) are composed of the Strategic Missile Force, the naval component (the strategic naval nuclear forces) and the airborne component represented by the Aerospace Forces (the strategic airborne nuclear forces). Russia began developing its nuclear triad in the 1950s. Its basic armament currently includes fixed and mobile land-based intercontinental ballistic missile systems, nuclear-powered strategic submarines and strategic bombers with strategic air-to-surface cruise missiles and aerial bombs.
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