The test strengthens Russia's nuclear command and control systems amid rising tensions with the West.
located deep underwater using ultra-long wave signals, enabling the Russian President to communicate and coordinate Russian military activity in the event of nuclear conflict."The Il-80 was tested for communication with strategic missile submarines that are submerged," a Russian official told RIA Novosti. "The aircraft is able to maintain stable communication with the submarine through the water column.
A water column is the water separating the surface of the body of water straight down to a point below the surface, in this case an extended antenna being towed behind the nuclear-capable submarine. The IL-80 is a modified Il-86, a Soviet-era civilian airliner, first put into service in 1985. Currently, there are four such "doomsday aircraft" in service, according to RIA Novosti.News of the successful test comes at a
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