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RUSSIA CONDUCTS MILITARY EXERCISES IN ARMENIA
Tuesday 1 July 2014 09:57
Photo: Reuters/Scanpix
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Large-scale command-staff exercises are conducted
at the 102nd Russian base in Armenia, which will last until the end
of the week.
As the press-service of the Southern Military District of Russian
Armed Forces told Mediamax, over 200 units of military equipment and
600 servicemen take part in the exercises.
At the training complexes in Alagyaz and Kamhud tanks, armored infantry
fighting vehicles, armored troop carriers and artillery were set in
motion in the integrated exercises.
Buk-M1-2 and S-300V missile systems as well as MiG-29 airplanes will
support the exercises.
Squadrons of unmanned aviation vehicles are also used in the exercises.
"Such exercises are held twice a year and aim to prepare all
categories of Russian servicemen performing their military service
outside of the Russian Federation and to set up a real system ensuring
Armenia's security within Collective Security Agreement", reported
the press-service of the Southern Military District.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/10782/
Tuesday 1 July 2014 09:57
Photo: Reuters/Scanpix
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Large-scale command-staff exercises are conducted
at the 102nd Russian base in Armenia, which will last until the end
of the week.
As the press-service of the Southern Military District of Russian
Armed Forces told Mediamax, over 200 units of military equipment and
600 servicemen take part in the exercises.
At the training complexes in Alagyaz and Kamhud tanks, armored infantry
fighting vehicles, armored troop carriers and artillery were set in
motion in the integrated exercises.
Buk-M1-2 and S-300V missile systems as well as MiG-29 airplanes will
support the exercises.
Squadrons of unmanned aviation vehicles are also used in the exercises.
"Such exercises are held twice a year and aim to prepare all
categories of Russian servicemen performing their military service
outside of the Russian Federation and to set up a real system ensuring
Armenia's security within Collective Security Agreement", reported
the press-service of the Southern Military District.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/10782/