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Russia’s Strategic Missile Troops switching to all digital communications by 2020

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The Russian Defense Ministry says the Strategic Missile Troops – the branch that controls Russia’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles – is on course to using a digital communication network by 2020.

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So far, missile launch centers and command points across the country are all equipped with new digital telecommunication equipment.

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