{"id":74446,"date":"2022-10-26T18:31:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T18:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/26\/putin-monitors-as-russia-conducts-nuclear-weapons-drills\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:57:09","slug":"putin-monitors-as-russia-conducts-nuclear-weapons-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/10\/26\/putin-monitors-as-russia-conducts-nuclear-weapons-drills\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin monitors as Russia conducts nuclear weapons drills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/10\/19\/putin-declares-martial-law-in-annexed-regions-of-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> on Wednesday monitored drills of the country\u2019s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles, in a show of force amid the heightened tensions with the West over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">conflict in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin that the exercise was intended to simulate a \u201cmassive nuclear strike\u201d by Russia in retaliation for a nuclear attack on the country.<\/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\/pentagon\/2022\/10\/25\/ukraine-bound-nasams-are-in-us-hands-now-raytheon\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22296630575316.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\">Ukraine-bound NASAMS are in US hands now: Raytheon<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Raytheon has delivered two sophisticated NASAMS air defense systems due for Ukraine to United States government, its chief executive said Tuesday.<\/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\">The maneuvers followed Putin\u2019s warning about his readiness to use \u201call means available\u201d to fend off attacks on Russia\u2019s territory in a clear reference to the country\u2019s nuclear arsenals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Russian drills Wednesday, a Yars land-based intercontinental ballistic missile was test-fired from the northern Plesetsk launch site. A Russian nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea also launched a Sineva ICBM at the Kura firing range on the far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, and Tu-95 strategic fired cruise missiles at practice targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5103\" height=\"2767\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22299534861654.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, the Tula nuclear submarine of the Russian navy is on a mission to conduct a practice launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile as part of drills of the country's nuclear forces.\" class=\"wp-image-105539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22299534861654.jpg.jpg 5103w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22299534861654.jpg.jpg?resize=300,163 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22299534861654.jpg.jpg?resize=768,416 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22299534861654.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,555 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22299534861654.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,833 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22299534861654.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1110 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5103px) 100vw, 5103px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, the Tula nuclear submarine of the Russian navy is on a mission to conduct a practice launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile as part of drills of the country&#8217;s nuclear forces. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kremlin said in a statement that all tasks set for the exercise were fulfilled and all the missiles that were test-fired reached their designated targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian drills came as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/09\/30\/nordic-countries-draft-new-playbook-for-defending-natos-north\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO<\/a> was holding its own annual nuclear exercises in northwestern Europe that will run until Oct. 30. The drills dubbed Steadfast Noon involve around 60 aircraft, including U.S. long-range B-52 bombers and fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, but do not involve any live bombs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian maneuvers involving land, sea and air components of the nuclear triad have taken place on an annual basis to train the country\u2019s nuclear forces and demonstrate their readiness. A previous such exercise was held just days before Putin sent troops into Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration said Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-government-and-politics-6c0a6d13abbdb7816694280c05618a94\" target=\"_blank\">that Russia gave notice<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian nuclear exercise comes amid Moscow\u2019s warnings of a purported Ukrainian plot to detonate a radioactive device commonly known as a \u201cdirty bomb\u201d in a false flag attack to blame Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin himself repeated the dirty bomb claim on Wednesday. \u201cWe know about the plans to use the so-called dirty bomb for provocations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shoigu, the Russian defense ministry, also called his Chinese and Indian counterparts Wednesday to discuss the unfounded allegation, which Ukraine and its Western allies have strongly rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India\u2019s defense minister Rajnath Singh tweeted that he pointed out to Shoigu that 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