MOSCOW, August 25. /TASS/. Ten missile regiments of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) equipped with the Topol, Topol-M and Yars missile systems are drilling routine combat duty tasks at exercises in the Central and Western Military Districts, Defence Ministry’s RVSN spokesman Igor Yegorov said on Tuesday.
"Ten missile regiments equipped with the Topol, Topol-M and Yars land-based mobile missile systems are on combat patrol routes. Along with the RVSN mobile group, the exercises will also involve the stationary missile systems," Yegorov said.
He said that the strategic missile troops are drilling missile systems’ field deployment, marching, units’ redeployment with the change of field positions, position hardening, camouflage security and combat security measures. The anti-sabotage units are drilling detection, blocking and destruction of simulated saboteurs, including with the use of new counter-sabotage combat vehicles (BPDM) Typhoon-M, equipped with drones.
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