Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a strategic nuclear training exercise, saying that Russia would avoid an arms race but must keep its nuclear forces ready for deployment. <br /><br />According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the drill was a planned, routine event.<br /><br />As part of the drill, a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia.<br />Additional missile tests involved Sineva and Bulava ballistic missiles launched from submarines in the Barents and Okhotsk Seas, while Tu-95MS strategic bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, launched cruise missiles.<br /><br />#Russia #Putin #Nuclear
