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CIS AIR DEFENSE DRILLS KICK OFF IN RUSSIA
August 14, 2013 - 22:25 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Some 20 units from a joint air defense system of
the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a bloc of former Soviet
republics in Eurasia, have begun a large-scale exercise in Russia's
Volga region, a Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman said Wednesday,
Aug 14, according to RIA Novosti.
During the first stage of the Combat Commonwealth 2013 air defense
exercise, the units from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan will be redeployed to the Ashuluk firing range near the
Caspian Sea where the active phase of the drills will take place,
according to Col. Alexey Zolotukhin.
The three-stage exercise, which involves over 500 personnel and some
100 combat vehicles, will continue until September 12, Zolotukhin said.
Conducted annually, Combat Commonwealth exercises are part of efforts
to build a joint air defense shield for the CIS. An integrated air
defense network was set up by 10 CIS member countries on February
10, 1995.
The main purpose of the network is to ensure the protection of the
member countries' airspace, as well as early warning of missile attacks
and coordination of joint efforts to neutralize potential air threats.
From: Baghdasarian
August 14, 2013 - 22:25 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Some 20 units from a joint air defense system of
the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a bloc of former Soviet
republics in Eurasia, have begun a large-scale exercise in Russia's
Volga region, a Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman said Wednesday,
Aug 14, according to RIA Novosti.
During the first stage of the Combat Commonwealth 2013 air defense
exercise, the units from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan will be redeployed to the Ashuluk firing range near the
Caspian Sea where the active phase of the drills will take place,
according to Col. Alexey Zolotukhin.
The three-stage exercise, which involves over 500 personnel and some
100 combat vehicles, will continue until September 12, Zolotukhin said.
Conducted annually, Combat Commonwealth exercises are part of efforts
to build a joint air defense shield for the CIS. An integrated air
defense network was set up by 10 CIS member countries on February
10, 1995.
The main purpose of the network is to ensure the protection of the
member countries' airspace, as well as early warning of missile attacks
and coordination of joint efforts to neutralize potential air threats.
From: Baghdasarian