The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the deployment of Yars strategic missile systems, which are designed to launch nuclear missiles, on combat patrols. This news attracted considerable attention both in Russia and abroad, because "Yars" is one of the key elements of the country's nuclear triad.
In the Novosibirsk missile complex, autonomous launch systems for missiles that can carry a nuclear charge have been put on combat patrol. This is reported by TASS.
"Yars autonomous launchers of mobile ground-based missile systems (PGRK) have been deployed on combat patrol routes at the Novosibirsk missile complex," the Russian Ministry of Defense quoted the publication as saying.
It is also reported that strategic rocket launchers practice tasks and introductions, among other things, to carry out intensive maneuvering actions on combat patrol routes.
Calculations of mobile land-based missile systems "Yars" are used in marches up to 100 km long.
Events are also held on engineering equipment of field positions, organization of camouflage and combat guarding. The issues of opposition to the DRG are being worked out.
It is clarified that the purpose of planned combat training measures is to check the readiness of personnel, weapons and military equipment for long-term duty in the field.
Newsweek journalists refer to data from the Army Recognition defense portal that the Yars-24 is a Russian mobile nuclear missile with a range of 1,930 to 12,070 km. Accuracy radius — 250 meters.
