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RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN, TAJIK FORCES TO TAKE PART IN CSTO'S RUBEZH 2008 EXERCISE
Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS Presidential Bulletin
March 11, 2008
Russia
The Joint Command Post Exercise of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, code-named Rubezh 2008, to be held this summer and
autumn in Armenia and Russia, will be participated in by the forces
of three CSTO members.
"The active phase of the JCPX will involve units of the Armenian Armed
Forces and Border Guard Force, an air-assault force from Tajikistan,
and the 102nd Russian base in Guymri," Col. Ishkhan Matevosyan,
first deputy chief of the operations department at the Armenian
General Staff, told Interfax-AVN.
The remaining CSTO members will be represented by operations staffs
of their respective defense ministries, he added.
According to him, the maneuver forces to be involved in the exercise
will be raised on alert to perform a march and take defensive
positions, and then take part in the a live firing exercise with a
counterattack simulation.
"The active phase of the maneuvers will take place at the Soviet
Union Marshal Bagramyan firing range 50 km to the west of Yerevan,"
Matevosyan said, noting that the size of the range is enough to hold
division level exercises, so there will be no problems with artillery
and aviation fires.
Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS Presidential Bulletin
March 11, 2008
Russia
The Joint Command Post Exercise of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, code-named Rubezh 2008, to be held this summer and
autumn in Armenia and Russia, will be participated in by the forces
of three CSTO members.
"The active phase of the JCPX will involve units of the Armenian Armed
Forces and Border Guard Force, an air-assault force from Tajikistan,
and the 102nd Russian base in Guymri," Col. Ishkhan Matevosyan,
first deputy chief of the operations department at the Armenian
General Staff, told Interfax-AVN.
The remaining CSTO members will be represented by operations staffs
of their respective defense ministries, he added.
According to him, the maneuver forces to be involved in the exercise
will be raised on alert to perform a march and take defensive
positions, and then take part in the a live firing exercise with a
counterattack simulation.
"The active phase of the maneuvers will take place at the Soviet
Union Marshal Bagramyan firing range 50 km to the west of Yerevan,"
Matevosyan said, noting that the size of the range is enough to hold
division level exercises, so there will be no problems with artillery
and aviation fires.