From last year's Grom exercise Command center with the Defense Ministry in Moscow. Photo: mil.ru
Kremlin makes Barents Sea
ready for Grom nuclear drill
Russia’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise will
most likely take place in the coming week.
By
October 22, 2023
It’s a routine exercise and not necessarily
linked to growing tension and recent nuclear saber-rattling.
The Kremlin has not officially announced the
drill, but preparations are in full swing, recent Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)
announcements show.
When a ballistic missile or two
are launched from a submarine in the Barents Sea, you typically don’t want
any civilian airliners to cross the skies. The same goes for the areas of
impact.
Norwegian independent defense analyst Thord
Are Iversen has mapped Russian NOTAM alerts for the period 24-27 October. He
notes that well-known launch areas for the Northern Fleet’s ballistic missile
submarine north of the Kola Peninsula are marked. So are the areas of missile
impact in the Far East.
There are also impact notifications for the
Kura Test Range at Cape Kanin in the eastern Barents Sea, likely for a
missile launched by submarines with the Pacific fleet that crosses the
Arctic skies.
GROM [Russian for Thunder] normally includes a land-based missile
launch from Plesetsk in the Arkhangelsk region. In recent years, Russia
has also included cruise missiles launched from aircraft and warships in
the northwestern part of the country.
Currently issued Barents Sea NOTAMs, partly overlapping timeframes.
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