Russian dictator Vladimir Putin supervised what he said was a planned test of Russia’s nuclear forces on land, sea and in the air to assess his nation’s readiness on Wednesday.

“Today, we are conducting a planned — I want to emphasize, planned — nuclear forces command and control exercise,” Putin said in a video conference with the Kremlin’s top military brass, CNN reported. 4

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As part of the test, a land-based “Yars” intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from a cosmodrome while a “Sineva” ballistic missile was launched from a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea. Russia also deployed nuclear-capable cruise missiles from strategic bombers.

Moscow typically carries out nuclear drills to rehearse its command structure and flex the world’s largest nuclear arsenal to it

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