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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Members of a bomb disposal squad of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations have discovered and destroyed 300 submunitions М74 of the US-made ATACMS missile system in Russia’s Kursk Region in the past day, the ministry told Sputnik on Friday......imechakazwa...
"In the past day, specialists from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations have discovered and destroyed 300 submunitions М74 of the US-made ATACMS missile. In just one week, deminers managed to process 11 requests. Among the explosive objects destroyed were combat units of drones, mines, and other weapons used by enemy forces," the ministry said.
The ministry said that drones were also used for surveying territories, adding that explosive objects cannot be removed, they are destroyed on the spot. In such cases, specialists remotely set the charges, the authority said. According to the ministry, more than 1,480 explosive objects have been defused since early August.