The Russian air defence troops will launch 500 anti-craft
missiles in Siberian drills to shoot down improvised enemy planes, Alexander
Gordeev, head of the Russian Eastern Military District, said on Wednesday.
Gordeev said: “air dense units will practice by detecting,
tracking, identifying and destroying rapid small target missiles.
“Around 250 target missiles and two cruise missiles will be
used to intimate improvised enemy planes, and some 500 anti-aircraft missiles
will be used to destroy them.’’
According to Gordeev, the exercise will use anti-aircraft
missile defence systems such as “S-400, S-300, Tor, Osa, Strela-10 and
Pantsir-S, anti-aircraft guns including self-propelled Shilka and MANPADS like
Igla”.
“A total of some 8,000 troops and over 1,000 pieces of
military hardware are involved in the drills.
“The large-scale drills are being held on the Telemba
training range in the Republic of Buryatia,’’ he added.
Report says the Eastern Military District is one of the four
operational strategic commands of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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