Kanin peninsula used as target for ballistic missiles
The Russian Navy has test fired two submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) from the northern Pacific Ocean to the sparsely inhabited peninsula Kanin in Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Two RSM-50 missiles were shot from two of the Pacific Fleet’s nuclear submarines on Tuesday and Wednesday last week,ITAR-TASS reports.
The RSM-50 is capable of carrying from one to seven nuclear warheads and can hit strategic targets at a range of 6,500 to 8000 km (4,040 to 4,970 miles).
The missiles were reported to have hit their designated targets in the uninhabited peninsula of Kanin.
According to Adviser on Indigenous Peoples in the Norwegian Barents Secretariat Christina Henriksen, the Kanin peninsula is used as reindeer pasture land by reindeer herders of the Nenets people. At this time of the year, the herds are moving from the coast of the peninsula to the mainland.
