Russia ready for attacks on nukes

MOSCOW – Russia conducted a military exercise yesterday to practice crushing an attempt by terrorists to seize nuclear weapons.

The maneuvers, which NATO observers were invited to monitor, were held in the northern Murmansk region and involved about 700 army troops and several hundred workers from various law-enforcement agencies, according to the Interfax and ITAR-Tass news agencies. Russia’s defense minister Sergei Ivanov, who attended the exercise, used the occasion to reaffirm that the nation’s nuclear weapons are safely secured.”We are paying utmost attention to the issue, since Russia understands the measure of responsibility for protecting nuclear weapons and dealing with possible accidents,” Ivanov said, according to Interfax.- Nampa-APRussia’s defense minister Sergei Ivanov, who attended the exercise, used the occasion to reaffirm that the nation’s nuclear weapons are safely secured.”We are paying utmost attention to the issue, since Russia understands the measure of responsibility for protecting nuclear weapons and dealing with possible accidents,” Ivanov said, according to Interfax.- Nampa-AP