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Russia rehearses ‘use of nuclear forces’ in drills with Belarus

Russia delivered nuclear warheads to sites in Belarus as part of a three-day military exercise involving both countries. Trucks carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled over forest roads, submarines set sail from Arctic and Pacific ports, and crews scrambled into warplanes as Russia and neighboring Belarus held the final stage of their joint nuclear drills
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  • Russia delivered nuclear warheads to sites in Belarus as part of a three-day military exercise involving both countries. S1
  • Trucks carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled over forest roads, submarines set sail from Arctic and Pacific ports, and crews scrambled into warplanes as Russia and neighboring Belarus held the final stage of their joint nuclear drills S2
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