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The Russian armed forces have conducted an exercise of their nuclear capabilities, including a series of ballistic and cruise missile launches overseen by President Vladimir Putin.

A roughly two-and-a-half-minute video released on Wednesday by the Russian Defense Ministry displayed air, land, and sea assets of the country’s nuclear triad. An accompanying statement identified the training as part of the military’s training plan and said that the “objectives of the exercises were fulfilled.”

In one scene, Tu-160 and Tu-95MS bombers, that took off from the Engels and Ukrainka airfields, fired off Kh-101 and Kh-555 air-launched cruise missiles.

Another clip showed Project 667BDRM Delfin-class nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine Karelia launching an R-29RMU Sineva submarine-launched ballistic missile, from below the waters of the Barents Sea.

To complete the strategic trilogy, an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from a vehicle at the Plesetsk spaceport.

Test targets were struck at the Kura and Pemboi proving grounds, according to the Russian Defense Ministry…

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