Russia, which previously threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus, plans to conduct strategic nuclear forces exercises in early 2022.This is reported byTASS with reference to a source close to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
According to the source, “Grom” (Thunder) drills with the participation of Russia’s nuclear triad are planned for the beginning of 2022. There is no official information on the matter yet.
It should be noted that strategic command-and-staff exercises headlined Grom (Thunder) with the participation of all three components of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces are held annually. Usually, within the framework of these drills, a subsurface missile carrier of the Northern Fleet launches an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) against a target at the Kura proving ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula and a nuclear submarine of the Pacific Fleet launches an ICBM against a target at the Chizha proving ground in northern Russia.
The Russian Strategic Missile Forces also perform combat training launches of the ICBMs and cruise missiles are launched by the planes of the long-range aviation of the Aerospace Forces.