Russia claims it simulated the launch of a nuclear-capable missile

Single and multiple attacks were carried out on targets mimicking missile launch systems, airstrips, protected infrastructure, military equipment and command posts of a simulated enemy, according to the Kremlin.

Russia said on Wednesday that its forces had rehearsed a mock launch of nuclear-capable missiles into the western enclave of Kaliningrad. in the midst of his military campaign in Ukraine.

The announcement took place on day number 70 of Russian military action which left thousands dead and more than 13 million displaced, in Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II.

After sending troops to Ukraine in February, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued veiled threats suggesting his willingness to use his country’s tactical nuclear weapons.

On Wednesday, during military games in the Baltic Sea enclave, located between Poland and Lithuania, Russia has tested “electronic launches” simulated missiles from its nuclear-capable Iskander mobile ballistic missile system, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Russian forces practiced single and multiple attacks on targets that mimicked missile launch systems, airstrips, protected infrastructure, military equipment and command posts of a simulated enemy, the statement said.

After the “electronic” launches, the soldiers carried out maneuvers to change position, trying to avoid “a possible retaliatory attack” added the Russian ministry.

Combat units also practiced “actions under conditions of radiation and chemical contamination.” More than 100 soldiers participated in the trials.

Russia put its nuclear forces on high alert shortly after Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24.

The Kremlin chief warned of swift retaliation if the West intervened directly in the Ukrainian conflict.

Observers have noted that in recent days Russian state television has tried to make the use of nuclear weapons more palatable to the public.

“For two weeks, we have been hearing on our television screens that the nuclear silos must be opened”, Nobel Peace Prize laureate journalist Dmitry Muratov said on Tuesday.

Source: Latercera

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