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Russia conducts military drills in Arctic sea opposite Alaska

A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be a Bastion mobile coastal defence missile system firing during the military drills Umka-2022 on the Chukchi Sea coastline, in this still image taken from handout footage released September 16, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic on Friday as part of military drills designed to test Moscow's readiness for a possible conflict in its icy northern waters, the defence ministry said.

The drills, named Umka-2022, took place in the Chukchi Sea, an eastern stretch of the Arctic Ocean that separates Russia from the U.S. state of Alaska.

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