MOSCOW – The Russian military is conducting massive drills involvingtruck-mounted intercontinental ballistic missile launchers.
The Defense Ministry said maneuvers involving Topol-M and Yars missilelaunchers began Monday.
Those types of nuclear-tipped ICBMs are mounted on heavy all-terrainvehicles, making it more difficult for an enemy to spot them. The ministrysaid the drills are being conducted across a vast area from the Ivanovoregion just northeast of Moscow to the Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia.
It said the exercise will focus on the deployment of missiles and fendingoff possible attacks by enemy scouts, but will not involve practicelaunches.
The maneuvers are the latest in a steady series of Russian military drills.Russia’s armed forces have intensified their combat training amid tensionswith NATO over Ukraine. (AP)