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Russian Military Conducts Exercise with Over 60 ICBM Launchers

October 4, 2017
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The Russian military is conducting exercises involving over 60 road-mobile Topol, Topol-M, and Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the maneuvers are taking place between the Tver region northwest of Moscow and the Irkutsk region located in eastern Siberia. These drills follow the joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad exercise that concluded September 30.

Related Links:

Russian Military Holds Massive Missile Drills, The New York Times
More Than 60 Topol, Topol-M and Yars Launch Systems Manoeuvre on Combat Patrol Routes, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

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