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Joseph Golder

Nuclear Threat As Russia Carries Out Exercises With Yars Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System

'Yars' took part in exercises near Ivanovo. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Zenger).

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released these images showing what it says are “intensive maneuvering operations” involving its nuclear-capable Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems.

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement on Wednesday, June 1 at 6 a.m., that the Yars mobile missile systems, which can carry nuclear warheads and which boast a reported range of over 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles), were performing “intensive maneuvering operations on combat patrol routes in the Ivanovo Region”.

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