More than 200 servicemen of the Irkutsk missile unit are retraining on the new mobile ground missile system Yars at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The program includes theoretical classes, training at the cosmodrome, and practice during the system's commissioning. By the end of August, about 1,000 missile personnel from various military units in the country are expected to be retrained.
More than 200 servicemen from the Irkutsk missile unit of the Strategic Missile Forces will undergo retraining on the new mobile ground missile system (PGRK) "Yars" at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.The retraining is taking place in the rearmed missile regiment. Over the course of a month, the servicemen have been trained according to their positions.
The retraining program is conducted directly at the base of the rearmed regiment and covers launch combat crews, communications specialists, mechanics-drivers of autonomous launchers, and so on.
The program consists of three stages: theoretical classes at the training center, classes at the cosmodrome, and practical training during the commissioning of the system directly in the regiment. By the end of August, about 1,000 missile personnel from various military units across the country are expected to undergo retraining at the cosmodrome.
In total, the process of retraining servicemen on the PGRK "Yars" consists of three stages. First, theoretical training for the servicemen takes place at the missile unit, then training is conducted at the center at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The final stage — practical — occurs directly in the missile regiment during the commissioning of the system.