The Kremlin said all the missiles that were test-fired reached their designated targets.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin that the exercise was intended to simulate a"massive nuclear strike" by Russia in retaliation for a nuclear attack on Russia.about his readiness to use"all means available" to fend off attacks on Russia's territory in a clear reference to the country's nuclear arsenals.
Such maneuvers involving land, sea and air components of the Russian nuclear triad have taken place on an annual basis to train the country's nuclear forces and demonstrate their readiness. it intended to stage routine drills of its nuclear capabilities. The Pentagon and U.S. State Department said Russia had complied with the terms of the last U.S.-Russia arms control agreement in notifying Washington of the upcoming tests.
The Russian nuclear exercise comes amid Moscow's warnings of a purported Ukrainian plot to detonate a radioactive device commonly known as aPutin himself repeated the dirty bomb claim on Wednesday."We know about the plans to use the so-called dirty bomb for provocations," he said.