Russia Flexes Its Nuclear Muscles

Dec. 14, 2022 (EIRNS)—The Russian Defense Ministry reported the loading of an RS-24 Yars ICBM into a silo at the Kozelsk missile formation in the Kaluga Region in central Russia this morning. The complex process took a few hours and was carried out with the help of a special transporter-loader, reported TASS. “This operation is important, because it will allow yet another ICBM to enter combat duty as scheduled,” Commander of the Kozelsk missile formation Alexey Sokolov said.

Also this morning, a pair of TU-95MS missile-carrying bombers flew a patrol over the Sea of Japan. Sukhoi Su-30SM and Su-35S jets of the Eastern Military District’s Air Force and Air Defense Army provided fighter support for the aerial patrol, the Defense Ministry said.