Russia has flexed its long-range missile power as tensions with NATO intensify across Europe. On August 28, Moscow conducted a training-combat launch of a solid-fuel mobile intercontinental ballistic missile from Plesetsk, sending training warheads toward the Kura range in Kamchatka. Russia's Defence Ministry said the test verified key performance characteristics, before Strategic Missile Forces practiced rapidly moving the road-mobile battery to a remote operating area. The manoeuvre highlights Russia's ability to launch and then relocate its mobile missile systems. As NATO strengthens its deterrence posture, what message is Putin sending with this ICBM drill?
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