{"id":58564,"date":"2018-10-11T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T20:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/11\/russia-conducts-huge-exercise-with-its-nuclear-forces\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:16:32","slug":"russia-conducts-huge-exercise-with-its-nuclear-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2018\/10\/11\/russia-conducts-huge-exercise-with-its-nuclear-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia conducts huge exercise with its nuclear forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 The Russian military says it has conducted a massive test of the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/02\/14\/u-s-official-russia-deployed-missile-in-violation-of-treaty\/\">strategic nuclear forces <\/a>involving multiple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2018\/10\/02\/us-nato-envoy-warns-russia-to-halt-new-missile-development\/\">missile launches<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday&#8217;s maneuvers featured launches of ballistic missiles by the navy&#8217;s nuclear submarines from the Barents Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the drills, long-range bombers also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/10\/04\/mattis-russia-violation-of-missile-treaty-untenable\/\">fired cruise missiles,<\/a> the ministry said, adding that all missiles hit their designated practice targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/08\/29\/300000-troops-900-tanks-its-called-the-most-massive-russian-military-exercise-since-the-cold-war-and-chinas-role-is-growing\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Russian-troops-parade.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">300,000 troops, 900 tanks: It\u2019s called the most massive Russian military exercise since the Cold War, and China\u2019s role is growing<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The upcoming exercise will be three times the size of last year&#039;s closely watched drills and perhaps bigger than the Soviet Union&#039;s largest training event.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It added that Russia&#8217;s early warning system successfully spotted and tracked all launches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Ministry noted that the exercise offered a chance to test the chain of command from its main control room down to military units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drills are the latest in a series of Russian war games conducted amid rising tensions with the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/09\/13\/satellite-images-a-different-view-of-russias-vostok-2018\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02_airborne-paradrop_tsugol-tng-area_vostok-2018_13sept2018_digitalglobe_.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Satellite images: A different view of Russia\u2019s Vostok 2018<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">You might have been hearing about Vostok 2018 these past few days, and you might have even seen one or two ground-level photos, but have you seen Vostok from space? 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