Strategic Missile Force Start Previously Unannounced Drills In Siberia
January 20 2015
The Russian Ministry of Defense says the Strategic Missile Forces have begun the first snap drills of the year, reports Russia's Sputnik news agency.
The unannounced drills are being held at the Uzhursky missile unit in the Krasnoyarsk territory, said a ministry spokesman on Tuesday.
The exercises will include more than 20 tasks and involve troops from the Emergency Ministry, as well as the Internal Ministry and Federal Security Service, he said.
The Defense Ministry...
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