In the Novosibirsk region began a large-scale command and staff exercises of the strategic Missile forces, which involved more than 4 thousand military. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the Department of information and mass communications of the Russian defense Ministry.
The missile troops have to withdraw from places of permanent deployment of combat missile systems and military units, to struggle with conditional saboteurs and to resist the attacks of air attack, and conduct conventional missile launches.
In addition, the exercise at the new level will be worked out issues of masking mobile ground missile complexes, the withdrawal of units of the strategic missile forces from the blow.
Tuesday, September 26, in the Astrakhan region was carried out a test launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) RS-12M “Topol”. The objective of the launch was to test promising combat equipment for Intercontinental ballistic missiles.