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Joseph, I am getting a nervous feeling:

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rockets_icbm.html

On Sept. 22, 2016, as Russia and the US were engaged in the war of words over civil war in Syria, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a large-scale missile exercise covering huge swath of the Russian territory had been underway. More than 60 mobile launchers carrying Topol, Topol-M and Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles were deployed on the territory spanning from the Tver Region north of Moscow to the Irkutsk Region in the Russian Far East. A total of 1,700 various vehicles supported the massive show of force, including 400 heavy tracks and trailers. They were manned by more than 4,000 members of the personnel.

General-Colonel Sergei Karakaev, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces personally oversaw the night-time deployment of the Topol ICBM unit at the westernmost missile base of Bologoe, the Ministry of Defense said.

According to the official announcement, the exercise aimed to test new methods of preparing the ICBM launchers for action and also train their crews and support personnel to counteract possible acts of sabotage. New deployment techniques would enable to cut the time required to prepare launchers for movement from 20 to 30 percent, the Ministry of Defense said.