# Russia holding nuclear forces drills: Top brass

- Link: https://www.tehranianonline.com/russia-holding-nuclear-forces-drills-top-brass/
- Published: 2026-05-19T22:39:54+03:30
- Author: MohammadReza AbeshAhmadLou

Overall, the drills will bring together over 64,000 personnel, more than 7,800 pieces
of armament, military and special equipment, including over 200 missile launchers,
more than 140 aircraft, 73 surface ships and 13 submarines, among them eight strategic
missile-carrying submarine cruisers, according to the ministry’s data.

The drills have brought together the Strategic Missile Force, the Northern and Pacific
Fleets, the long-range aviation military command and some forces of the Leningrad
and Central Military Districts, the ministry said, TASS reported.

The drills aim to refine the skills of work of the commanding and operational staff,
organize command and control of subordinate troops (forces) in the process of preparing
and implementing measures of deterrence against a potential enemy; inspect the level
of preparedness of military command centers, troops (forces) involved in accomplishing
the tasks of preventing aggression; practice measures by military command centers,
military units and formations to exercise command and control, interoperability 
and comprehensive logistical support in fulfilling assigned objectives; assess the
ability of troops (forces) involved in the drills to accomplish assigned missions,
the ministry reported.

The drills are set to practice readying some of nuclear forces’ units and formations
for accomplishing assigned objectives and rendering them comprehensive logistical
support, and also carrying out test-launches of ballistic and cruise missiles at
practice ranges across Russia, it specified.

The drills will also practice jointly preparing and employing nuclear weapons deployed
on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, the ministry said.

The press office of the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported on Monday that the 
republic had kicked off a military exercise for the combat use of nuclear weapons
and nuclear weapons logistical support involving missile troops and the Air Force.

Belarusian military units assigned with the combat use of nuclear weapons will also
practice interoperability with Russia for the delivery of nuclear munitions during
the exercise, it said.

The exercise is a scheduled event of troop training as part of Russia-Belarus Union
State measures. It is not directed against any other countries and does not pose
a threat to security in the region, it stressed.