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    STRATEGIC BOMBERS WILL FLY BEYOND THREE SEAS
    by Mikhail Falaleev

    WPS Agency
    DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
    August 8, 2008 Friday
    Russia

    The Air Force Commander proposes uniting of all means for defense
    from an airspace attack

    THE AIR FORCE COMMANDER PROPOSES CREATION OF UNITED REGIONAL AIR
    FORCE SYSTEMS IN CAUCASIAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN REGIONS; Air Force
    Commander General Zelin says that it is necessary to unite all means
    for defense from an airspace attack under unified command. Moreover,
    he proposes the establishment of united regional air defense systems
    in the Caucasian and Central Asian regions.

    Very soon all air defense units of Moscow will be transferred to
    the category of units of permanent readiness. This means that they
    will be manned according to full authorized strength of wartime and
    armed additionally.

    Already the entire air defense of Moscow is organized into the
    special-purpose command that guards the sky of not only Moscow but
    also the Central industrial region. The first regiment armed with
    the newest air defense missile systems S-400 was put on combat duty
    in August of 2007.

    The Air Force Commander said:

    - So far, this is only the first step. In the near future a few other
    air defense missile regiments will be armed with such systems. Further
    modernization of S-300P systems being in service is also underway in
    the air defense missile units.

    General Zelin says that it is necessary to unite all means for defense
    from an airspace attack under unified command. Moreover, he proposes
    the establishment of united regional air defense systems in Caucasian
    and Central Asian regions.

    Zelin added:

    - The practice of military cooperation in the field of air defense
    demonstrated expediency of further development of the united air
    defense system of the CIS member states on the regional basis. Active
    work is already underway with regard to establishment of the united
    regional air defense system of Belarus and Russia in the East European
    region of collective security.

    The united air defense system includes troops of Armenia, Belarus,
    Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

    Russian aviation went beyond the limits of the Russian sky a long
    time ago. The Air Force Commander announced intentions to organize
    flights of strategic missile-carrying airplanes to the zone of the
    Indian Ocean.

    Zelin reported:

    - Crews of strategic airplanes can fulfill tasks with aerial
    refueling above water areas, for example, above the Indian and Atlantic
    oceans. We are currently considering flights to strategic airplanes to
    the airspace above the Indian Ocean where they will interact with the
    Navy. The task is set to increase the volume of joint combat training
    tasks and the quantity of flights of strategic airplanes for patrolling
    in the areas of seafaring, fishing and economic activities of Russia.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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