Bilateral command and
staff exercises with general armies are being held at eight regional training
ranges in the Russian Southern Military District on October 1-8
ROSTOV-ON-DON,
October 6. /TASS/. Missile ships of the Caspian Flotilla have delivered strikes
with high-precision weapons at the facilities of an 'enemy' on the Chechen
Island in the Caspian Sea, head of the press service of the Southern Military
District Vadim Astafyev told journalists on Saturday.
"Missile ships
Dagestan and Tatarstan have completed the task of missile striking crucial
facilities of an 'enemy' on the Chechen Island in the framework of the bilateral
command and staff exercise," Astafyev said.
He added that two
Kalibr cruise missiles flew for around 100 nautical miles (180 kilometers) and
successfully struck targets represented by two buildings of 10 meters by 10
meters. Commander of the Southern Military District Alexander Dvornikov
observed the drills.
Astafyev said that
ships from Russia's Caspian Flotilla and air defense systems from the Southern
Military District have also successfully completed the task of repelling
missile attacks from real targets.
"A special
system of grouping ships of the Caspian Flotilla, together with the capacities
of Podsolnukh-E over-the-horizon surface-wave radar and Buk-M3 missile systems,
have allowed us to considerably increase the range of detection and destruction
of 'enemy' missiles," he added.
A cruise missile attack
was imitated by Su-25 attack aircraft from the 4th army of the Russian Armed
Forces and by air defense systems.
Missile ships
Tatarstan and Dagestan completed combat training tasks together with Astrakhan,
Uglich and Makhachkala corvettes, and Volgodonsk small-size gunnery ship.
Astafyev reminded
that bilateral command and staff exercises with general armies are being held
at eight regional training ranges on October 1-8.
Up to 7,000
servicemen and over 2,500 units of military equipment, including 20 planes over
60 helicopters, are taking part in the drills.
Source: ITAR-TASS
08-10-2018
