Vladimir Putin is preparing missiles for launch as he steps up his nuclear threat against the West.
Video footage shows a Russian Yars rocket that is capable of hitting both the US and UK being loaded onto a silo at a base near Moscow.
The intercontinental ballistic missile has a range of 7,500 miles and was installed in a silo launch-pad using a special transport and loading unit.
Russia is showing off its nuclear might as it marks the annual Strategic Missile Forces Day on December 17.
Missile force commander Colonel Alexei Sokolov has made it clear that the exercise was designed to send a message to the West with both the US and UK in range of the deadly weapon.
He said: “The importance of this operation lies in the fact that the missile will be put on combat duty on schedule.
“The homeland will get another nuclear missile weapon, which will make it possible to solve any tasks at the strategic level.”
Combat engineer Vadim Vyazovsky told the Russian defence ministry channel TV Zvezda: “I feel proud of Russia that my country is putting such products into service so that the Motherland can sleep well.”
