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2. off a Pacific Fleet sub to
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3. as #2: there were two missiles off that sub
4. off a Northern Fleet sub to Kura

Pr.671RTMK (NATO Victor III) Obninsk SSN surfacing in Kola Bay,Barents on 30.7.2017

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SinoSoldier said:

I'm confused.

I'm reading reports that Russia has tested its RS-28 Sarmat ballistic missile, allegedly a "heavy" liquid-fueled ICBM in the same class as the DF-5C. However, footage clearly shows a TEL-launched solid-fueled missile.

Second part of the video might show a liquid-fueled missile being launched, but the footage is too small to see if it indeed was a new type of missile.

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On October 26, 2017 Russia

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. Last year, the exercise took place

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. The new element this year was that it took place at night. The exercise was said to be a drill of the command and control procedures. President Putin, who participated,

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the launch orders.

The exercise involved a launch of a Topol/SS-25 ICBM from Plesetsk. The warhead is said to successfully reach its target at Kura.

The three SLBM launches were a salvo launch of two missiles from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Chizha test site and a launch of an SLBM from the Barents Sea to Kamchatka. The official report does not provide any information about submarines and missiles involved, but the video shows that all three SLBMs were liquid-fuel missiles. This means that the Okhotsk Sea salvo involved two R-29R missiles launched from one of the Project 667BDR/Delta III submarines. The Barents Sea launch was that of a R-29RM Sineva from one of the Project 667BDRM/Delta IV submarines.

Long-range bombers took part in the exercise as well. The official account says that Tu-160, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22M3 bombers based at Engels, Ukrainka, and Shaykovka launched ALCMs at targets at Kura, Pemboy, and Terekta (Kazakhstan) test sites.

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Jura said:

it's News Of [This] Hour at gazeta.ru right now (

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): four ballistic missiles test-fired today, let me see ...

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4. off a Northern Fleet sub to Kura

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Russian president Vladimir Putin took part in a nuclear forces drill, personally launching four ballistic missiles, the Russian defense ministry said October 27.

The drill itself took place on Thursday and involved all three legs of the Russian nuclear triad.

Units of Strategic Missile Forces control centers, crews of ballistic missile submarines of the Northern and Pacific Fleets as well as long-range strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces took part in training missions.

A Pacific Fleet submarine fired two ballistic missiles from the Okhotsk Sea at the Chizha range in the Arkhangelsk region while a Northern Fleet submarine fired a ballistic missile at the Kura range. The names of submarines participating in the drill were not revealed.

Tu-160, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22M3 bombers took off from the Ukrainka, Engels, and Shaikovka airfields firing cruise missiles at ground targets located on training ranges in Kura (Kamchatka), Pemboy (Komi), and Terekta (Kazakhstan).

Strategic Missile Forces fired a Topol missile from the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome at the Kura range.

The exercise was deemed a success by the defense ministry which said the missiles hit all the designated targets.

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President Vladimir Putin has taken part in major military drills of Russian nuclear forces and personally directed the test-firing of four intercontinental ballistic missiles as part of the exercises, the Kremlin said Friday.

Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the drills Thursday involved all elements of the military's nuclear triad — nuclear submarines, strategic bombers and a land-based launcher. He added that the exercises were routine and not directly linked to any international developments.

Still, the president's direct involvement in overseeing intercontinental ballistic missile launches is an event that has been rarely reported by the Kremlin in the past.

"The commander in chief conducted the launch of four intercontinental ballistic missiles," Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.

Peskov wouldn't elaborate on what specific part Putin played in the war games, saying that the president took "the necessary moves in line with the standard procedure for relevant situations as the commander in chief."

The Russian Defense Ministry said that in Thursday's drills, a Topol ICBM fired from the Plesetsk launchpad in northwestern Russia hit a designated target on the Kura firing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east.

A nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea also launched an ICBM at the same Kura range, while another nuclear submarine in the Sea of Okhotsk fired two ICBM in the opposite direction, hitting targets at the Chizha firing range in the Arkhangelsk region in Russia's northwest.

As part of the maneuvers, the Tu-160, the Tu-95 and the Tu-22 bomber launched cruise missiles at mock targets at firing ranges on Kamchatka, the Komi region in the far North and in Russia's ex-Soviet neighbor Kazakhstan.

The maneuvers are the latest in a steady series of war games intended to strengthen the troops' readiness amid tensions with the West.

In September, the Zapad (West) 2017 drills held jointly by Russia and Belarus have worried some NATO members, who have criticized what they have described as

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and questioned Moscow's intentions. Russia has rejected the criticism.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with top brass Friday that the military will continue to strengthen its forces in western Russia in response to a NATO buildup in Poland and the Baltics.

"The military-political situation at our western frontier remain tense and is set to exacerbate," he said.

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