'Grom'—which means 'thunder'—could potentially include test launches of nuclear missiles.
nuclear exercise"Steadfast Noon", amid increasing rhetoric about the use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, a nuclear weapons expert has said.
"Russian strategic nuclear forces exercise appears to be scheduled for this week," Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, said on"Probably annual exercise Grom with ICBM, SLBM, bomber launches. Potentially also some non-strategic nuclear force activities. Coinciding with NATO nuke exercise Steadfast Noon," he said.
"We anticipate the exercise will span several days. It'll include actions within the normal bounds of what Russia has done in the past. It'll include live missile launches and a deployment of strategic assets," John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, told reporters on October 13.Russian strategic nuclear forces exercise appears to be scheduled for this week. Probably annual exercise Grom with ICBM, SLBM, bomber launches.