MOSCOW, May 19. /TASS/. Russia is holding drills on May 19-21 to practice preparing and employing nuclear forces amid an aggression threat, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
TASS has put together key facts about Russia’s nuclear forces drills.
Scope of the drills
- Russia is holding drills on May 19-21 to practice preparing and employing nuclear forces amid an aggression threat, the ministry reported.
- Overall, the drills will bring together over 64,000 personnel, more than 7,800 pieces of armament, military and special equipment, including over 200 missile launchers, more than 140 aircraft, 73 surface ships and 13 submarines, among them eight strategic missile-carrying submarine cruisers, according to the ministry’s data.
