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Russia recently conducted a military exercise involving ground, maritime and air elements of its strategic nuclear force under the guidance of President Putin. During the drill, an ICBM was launched from a cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk to the Kura shooting range in Kamchatka and a ballistic missile was launched from a strategic nuclear missile submarine in the Barents Sea. Tu-95MS strategic bombers took part in the drill to launch air-deployed cruise missiles. According to the presidential information office on October 22, the exercise examined the readiness of military guidance organs and operational commanders’ abilities to command and organize subordinate units and all missions were accomplished. The Pyongyang Times, launched on May 6, 1965, is the DPRK's only English newspaper. It gives latest, detailed information about what is going on in the country in politics, the economy, culture and other sectors. And the paper also provides a vast knowledge of the nooks and crannies of Pyongyang.