The drills involved
over 500 anti-aircraft gunners and more than 40 weapon systems.
ROSTOV-ON-DON, April
5. /TASS/. The personnel of Buk-M1-2 surface-to-air missile batteries
successfully accomplished assignments in interaction with teams of Pantsyr-S1
air defense missile/gun systems to thwart a massive enemy air attack in drills
on the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Region, the press office of Russia’s
Southern Military District reported on Friday.
"In the process
of accomplishing combat training missions, the anti-aircraft gunners timely
spotted, locked on and destroyed over 20 air targets by electronic launches
when the targets entered the systems’ long-range destruction capability
boundary," the press office said.
Meanwhile, the teams
of Pantsyr-S1 surface-to-air missile/gun complexes attached to Buk batteries
accomplished assignments for defending military facilities against low-flying
aircraft, including drones.
The one-day drills
held on the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Region involved over 500
anti-aircraft gunners and more than 40 weapon systems.
Source: ITAR-TASS
05-04-2019
