Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces held combat drills on October 11 on order from President Vladimir Putin, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
According to the statement, submarines and long-range bombers held drills to live-fire missiles from the Barents and Okhotsk Seas.
“Ballistic missiles were live-fired from submarines, along with the launches of airborne cruise and aircraft missiles from the Barents and Okhotsk Seas, including by long-range aircraft, which took off from the Engels, Ukrainka and Shaikovka airfields,” the defense ministry said.
Russia’s missile early warning system detected all the launches of ballistic missiles from submarines in drills and the data on the launches was transmitted to command posts, the statement added.
