Russia Conducts Mobile Nuclear Missile Launcher Drills

Russia's Defense Ministry said on Friday it was conducting drills involving Yars mobile nuclear missile launchers, less than a month after it held tactical nuclear weapons deployment exercises alongside ally Belarus.

The ministry said Yars missile launcher crews in at least two different regions were set to move over 100 kilometers (62 miles) and practice camouflage and deployment, Reuters reported.

It published video showing a mobile launcher maneuvering along forest roads and taking up position before troops covered it in camouflage netting.