Russia to hold 200 drills in next 6 months
Iran Press TV
Fri Jun 7, 2013 1:15PM GMT
The Russian Defense Ministry has announced plans for conducting more than 200 drills in the next six months.
The ministry spokesman Colonel Igor Yegorov said on Thursday that the Strategic Missile Forces is expected to hold the exercises.
"During the summer training period, the [Strategic Missile Forces] SMF is planning to hold over 200 exercises, including tactical drills at the division-regiment level as well as command post exercises at the army level," Yegorov said.
The SMF plans to modernize its command-and-control systems to advance its ability to overcome missile defenses and boost the survivability of delivery vehicles.
Six kinds of silo-based and mobile ICBM systems are currently on combat duty with Russia's SMF, such as Voyevoda (SS-18 Satan), which is able to carry 10 warheads, the Topol-M (Stalin) and RS-24 Yars systems.
The Russian forces tested a prototype of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday. The missile was fired from a mobile launcher in the Astrakhan region and successfully hit the target in Kazakhstan.
The new missile is expected to replace Topol-M and Yars in the near future.
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