Overview
- Kamchatka regional authorities opened a May 6–10 missile-test window at the Kura range, which they said began Wednesday, and halted all movement in the zone.
- The window covers Russia’s May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow, and Militarny analysts read the timing as a warning meant to deter any strike on the event.
- It remains uncertain whether live launches will occur during the period, since officials issued safety notices without confirming specific firings.
- Kura is Russia’s primary impact site for intercontinental ballistic missile tests, run by the Space Forces in a remote area about 500 kilometers north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
- The range has long received warheads from tests launched at Plesetsk and Kapustin Yar and has hosted trials of nuclear-capable systems including the RS-28 Sarmat and the Bulava.