Roughly 10,000 military personnel were expected to participate in the maneuvers, which are intended as practice for a large-scale nuclear offensive, according to the Russian newspaper. Exercise participants were set to position and prepare missile-firing units for launch, and to practice various administrative and support functions for the operation, said Col. Igor Yegorov, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman for the strategic missile services.
http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/russia-nuclear-force-drill-saying-long-scheduled/
and http://www.ng.ru/armies/2014-03-26/6_strike.html (In Russian: this was the largest drill so far, in 2013 they had 18 drills with 3000 soldiers involved. In 2014 they will increase the excercises.)
I anticipates that you know about this:
According to scenarios drafted in 1964, Warsaw Pact forces planned to use 131 tactical nuclear missiles and bombs to sideline NATO armaments and destroy Western Europe's political and communications centres, in the event of an “imperialist” strike.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1563692/Soviet-plan-for-WW3-nuclear-attack-unearthed.html
we are now back to
The only thing that the Soviets accepts and respect is strength.