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Russia
Begins Massive ICBM Launch Drills
16
January, 2018
On Monday, the Ministry
of Defense of the Russian Federation issued a warning
to NATO that is has started a massive missile drill involving
truck-mounted intercontinental ballistic missile launchers across the
country.
The
Defense Ministry said the drills
would involve “missile regiments armed with Topol-M and Yars mobile
systems.” The
Topol-M is designed to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile
(ICBM) tipped with a single 550 kT yield nuclear warhead. Max range
of the ICBM is 6,500 miles, which the mobile launching unit is
extremely tough for NATO to track.
The
Defense Ministry was not specific on the approximate location of
the missile drills; however, it said, “missile
regiments armed with Topol-M and Yars mobile systems launch intensive
maneuvering actions in territories located from Ivanovo to Irkutsk
regions.”
According
to ABC
News,
Those types of nuclear-tipped ICBMs are mounted on heavy all-terrain vehicles, making it more difficult for an enemy to spot them. The ministry said the drills are being conducted across a vast area from the Ivanovo region just northeast of Moscow to the Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia.
Further,
the Defense Ministry reported, “the actions are held at day- and
nighttime. In course of combat training, the crews will practice
taking field positions, conducting marching, changing positions.
Anti-sabotage units will practice detecting, blocking, and
eliminating mock enemy’s forces.”
In the Volga
region, the Defense Ministry stated, “comprehensive practical
training with motostrelkovymi, tank, artillery, missile, air defense,
and engineering units” have also started.
Just
above the Ivanovo to Irkutsk regions, the Defense Ministry
reports, “training
of crews of ship helicopters Ka-27 “Helix” northern fleet on
finding submarines in the Barents Sea.”
As
the world enters the second half of January, it seems as the Russians
are preparing for a threat with the continuation of regular military
drills across the country.
The one question we
ask: Is
the threat imminent?
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