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ASHULUK SETS RECORDS
by Major Andrei Sobolevsky
Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
September 7, 2005, Wednesday
SOURCE: Vo Slavu Rodiny (the newspaper of the Belarusian Defense
Ministry), September 3, 2005, p. EV
COMBAT TRAINING
(...) The exercise conducted by Belarus units during Combat
Commonwealth-2003 was more spectacular. Tajik and Armenian units did
not cope with their tasks and Belarus missile units had to intercept
their targets. (...) The first missile hit the Strizh target. The
second hit its burning fragments in a second. The 302nd missile
brigade produced an impression on observers - it shot down targets,
which simulated cruise missiles, from the Osa anti-aircraft complex.
This year the exercise was not as spectacular. The exercise was
conducted without surprises. The crews detected their targets and
destroyed them. No emergencies happened because servicemen prepared
for the exercise properly. (...)
Belarus crews did not have problems at all, which testifies to
high professionalism of defenders of the sky. They shared their
experience with their counterparts from the CIS. Officers of the
battalion commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Fedotov (the 115th
anti-aircraft missile brigade) trained the Tajik crew of the S-125
anti-aircraft complex. It should be noted that Armenian crews coped
with combat tasks using military hardware prepared by specialists of
the 15th missile brigade.
(...) This contributed to the prestige of the Belarus anti-aircraft
school. Belarus crews did the major part of preparatory work.
There was one more aspect. The crews conducted an exercise with combat
shooting on the eve of tactical episodes of the third stage of the
CIS anti-aircraft system. Russian counterparts proposed Belarus crews
to intercept the Pishal target. The target was created on the basis of
the S-125 missile. It simulates a ground-to-ground operational-tactical
missile. It should be noted that before the crews intercepted only 40%
of such targets (the crews used the S-300P anti-aircraft complex).
There was a risk to miss the target. However, Lieutenant-General
Oleg Paferov, Commander-in-Chief of the Air and Anti-Aircraft Force,
decided to shoot. (...) The experimental exercise would help the
crews uncover their weak points.
The first missile was launched at the Pishal target by the battalion
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Vladimir Zhikharevich. By the way, the
battalion failed to intercept the first target because of a technical
problem. (...) The unit had to intercept a more difficult target in
order to rehabilitate itself. The battalion coped with this task.
The unit coped with the task thanks to its experience and regular
training. In particular, Russian pilots who checked the reliability
of Belarus units on duty simulated a real air attack. Colonel Sergei
Lemeshevsky, commander of the exercise, said that there were around
40 targets in the air. Many targets flew at a low altitude. This was
the most difficult attack in the history of Belarusian anti-aircraft
units. Belarusian servicemen passed this test!
Lieutenant-General Oleg Paferov, Comander-in-Chief of the Auir and
Anti-Aircraft Force, noted that he is satisfied with the results of
the exercise. (...) Belarusian anti-aircraft units will have to pass
a more difficult test in 2006. They will participate in an exercise
of the operational-tactical command involving aviation.
by Major Andrei Sobolevsky
Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
September 7, 2005, Wednesday
SOURCE: Vo Slavu Rodiny (the newspaper of the Belarusian Defense
Ministry), September 3, 2005, p. EV
COMBAT TRAINING
(...) The exercise conducted by Belarus units during Combat
Commonwealth-2003 was more spectacular. Tajik and Armenian units did
not cope with their tasks and Belarus missile units had to intercept
their targets. (...) The first missile hit the Strizh target. The
second hit its burning fragments in a second. The 302nd missile
brigade produced an impression on observers - it shot down targets,
which simulated cruise missiles, from the Osa anti-aircraft complex.
This year the exercise was not as spectacular. The exercise was
conducted without surprises. The crews detected their targets and
destroyed them. No emergencies happened because servicemen prepared
for the exercise properly. (...)
Belarus crews did not have problems at all, which testifies to
high professionalism of defenders of the sky. They shared their
experience with their counterparts from the CIS. Officers of the
battalion commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Fedotov (the 115th
anti-aircraft missile brigade) trained the Tajik crew of the S-125
anti-aircraft complex. It should be noted that Armenian crews coped
with combat tasks using military hardware prepared by specialists of
the 15th missile brigade.
(...) This contributed to the prestige of the Belarus anti-aircraft
school. Belarus crews did the major part of preparatory work.
There was one more aspect. The crews conducted an exercise with combat
shooting on the eve of tactical episodes of the third stage of the
CIS anti-aircraft system. Russian counterparts proposed Belarus crews
to intercept the Pishal target. The target was created on the basis of
the S-125 missile. It simulates a ground-to-ground operational-tactical
missile. It should be noted that before the crews intercepted only 40%
of such targets (the crews used the S-300P anti-aircraft complex).
There was a risk to miss the target. However, Lieutenant-General
Oleg Paferov, Commander-in-Chief of the Air and Anti-Aircraft Force,
decided to shoot. (...) The experimental exercise would help the
crews uncover their weak points.
The first missile was launched at the Pishal target by the battalion
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Vladimir Zhikharevich. By the way, the
battalion failed to intercept the first target because of a technical
problem. (...) The unit had to intercept a more difficult target in
order to rehabilitate itself. The battalion coped with this task.
The unit coped with the task thanks to its experience and regular
training. In particular, Russian pilots who checked the reliability
of Belarus units on duty simulated a real air attack. Colonel Sergei
Lemeshevsky, commander of the exercise, said that there were around
40 targets in the air. Many targets flew at a low altitude. This was
the most difficult attack in the history of Belarusian anti-aircraft
units. Belarusian servicemen passed this test!
Lieutenant-General Oleg Paferov, Comander-in-Chief of the Auir and
Anti-Aircraft Force, noted that he is satisfied with the results of
the exercise. (...) Belarusian anti-aircraft units will have to pass
a more difficult test in 2006. They will participate in an exercise
of the operational-tactical command involving aviation.