Russia to Hold Nuclear Weapons Security Exercises

The Russian Defense Ministry is set to hold today training exercises on protecting nuclear weapons from terrorist attacks during transportation by vehicle or train, according to ITAR-Tass (see GSN, July 30).

Avariya-2004, to be held on the eastern Kola Peninsula, is expected to involve about 1,000 personnel from various Russian governmental ministries and the military, ITAR-Tass reported. The training scenarios are expected to consist of a terrorist attack on a motorcade carrying nuclear weapons and the terrorist derailment of a train carrying nuclear weapons (ITAR-Tass/BBC Monitoring, Aug. 2).

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