Russia puts Yars ballistic missile systems on combat alert southwest of Moscow

MOSCOW, December 11. /TASS/. Yars ballistic missile systems have been put on full combat alert in Kozelsk, a town located some 220 kilometers southwest of Moscow, Lieutenant General Sergey Siver, commander of the Vladimir missile unit, said on Friday.

"The missile regiment of the Kozelsk unit equipped with the state-of-the-art Yars missile system has been put on full combat alert," he said.

"The key characteristic of this system is guaranteed suppression of anti-missile defense systems and, if necessary, causing irreparable damage to the enemy," he added.