Full-scale tests of military robots for the Russian Armed Forces, including the Strategic Missile Forces, will be conducted in Astrakhan Oblast.

      This was reported by “Interfax” referring to the representative of the Strategic Missile Forces, major Dmitry Andreev. According to Andreev, one of the final stages of preparation is carried out in the “Kapustin Yar” training area. “The training area will make it possible to explore the opportunities of mobile and stationary robotic systems to the maximum extent, including those systems that are responsible for the establishment of remotely controlled unmasking and signaling means” - the major stressed. Earlier it was reported that the Strategic Missile Forces had carried out tests of a newest robot with a machine gun and a grenade launcher at the end of April 2014.