About a thousand of
Russian servicemen will take part in Issyk-Kul military drills.
MOSCOW, September 19.
/TASS/. Russia’s Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile systems were for
the first time ever redeployed from Urals to Kyrgyzstan to take part in the
upcoming international counter-terrorism exercise, Issyk-Kul Antiterror-2018,
the press service of Russia’s Central Military District said on Wednesday.
"Iskander-M
mobile short-range ballistic missile systems were for the first time ever
deployed in Kyrgyzstan. During the drills, Urals missile crews will carry out a
strike on a simulated base of terrorists at the Edelweiss mountain training
range," the press service said.
About a thousand of
Russian servicemen will take part in Issyk-Kul Antiterror-2018 exercise of the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), scheduled to take place on September
24-24 at the Edelweiss training center in Kyrgyzstan.
Operational-tactical
Iskander-M fires super maneuverable quasi ballistic stealth missiles (50 km
altitude) with electronic warfare, designed to pierce the adversary’s missile
defense and destroy targets at a distance of 500 km.
Source: ITAR-TASS
19-09-2018
