The drills involve
more than 20 aircraft.
MOSCOW, August 13.
/TASS/. The crews of Sukhoi Su-24M bombers launched about 100 missiles and
bombs to destroy a notional enemy during drills in the Astrakhan Region,
Russia’s Southern Military District reported on Tuesday.
"During the
battle, about 100 air-launched weapons were employed, including missiles and
bombs," the press office said in a statement.
Overall, the
large-scale force-on-force drills of the Southern Military District’s air unit
stationed in the Volgograd Region and air groupings of the District’s air
defense troops involve more than 20 aircraft, the press office specified for
TASS.
The drills consisted
of two stages. During the first phase, the crews practiced warding off an enemy
attack against the airfield and redeploying to aerodromes in the Astrakhan
Region. During the 2nd stage, "the pilots repelled a missile air attack
and delivered a strike at the Kapustin Yar and Ashuluk training ranges,"
the District’s press office said.
The Su-24M bombers
delivered strikes against the notional enemy after receiving coordinates
transmitted by Su-24MR reconnaissance planes.
Air operations with
the offensive and defensive goals will be held during ten days on the territory
spanning from Crimea to the Caspian Sea and from Abkhazia to the Astrakhan
Region. The exercises will involve "units and formations of the 4th Air
Force and Air Defense Army of the Southern Military District, and also air
defense units of the Black Sea Fleet’s all-arms formations and coastal defense
troops.
Source: ITAR-TASS
13-08-2019
