Saber rattling: Russia conduct exercises with the participation of 11 missile regiments

Involved about 400 pieces of large equipment.

On combat patrol routes from Tver to the Irkutsk region of Russia in the framework of the teachings of the strategic missile forces left 11 missile regiment mobile ground missile systems (pgrk) “Topol”, “Topol-M” and “YARS”.

“A third of them makes intensive maneuvering action. Change of position Autonomous launchers produced both day and night. Along with the introductory task and for bringing the compounds to different degrees of combat readiness and making maneuvers pgrk necessarily practiced questions on the development of new areas of combat patrols,” – said in the message.

As noted, in the events involved about 400 pieces of large equipment.

Recall that the strategic exercises “Zapad-2017” will be held from 14 to 20 September this year, simultaneously in several ranges of Russia and Belarus. Announcing maneuvers, defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has called them “the main event of the joint training of Russian and Belarusian armed forces in 2017”.During a visit to Kiev the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has guaranteed that the territory of his country will not be used for the invasion of Ukraine.

NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov believes that the exercises “West-2017” will be a test of Russia’s readiness for the big voinea NATO countries.

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