The exercises involve
about 100 items of armament and military hardware.
YEKATERINBURG,
November 19. /TASS/. The teams of Iskander-M tactical missile systems from
Russia’s Central Military District delivered strikes against a notional enemy
force during drills in the Sverdlovsk Region in the Urals, the District’s press
office reported on Tuesday.
"The teams
performed a march to the designated area where they equipped the launch
positions and went on combat alert. The personnel held electronic missile
launches, practicing multiple and sole strikes against vital facilities and
targets making up a notional enemy’s combat potential to a range of up to 200
km," the press office said in a statement.
The teams also
practiced assignments to operate launchers and transporter-loader vehicles
while the drivers sharpened the skills of driving in different types of
terrain, the statement says.
The drills aim to
increase the efficiency of operating Iskander-M systems and involve about 100
items of armament and military hardware, according to the statement.
The Iskander-M
tactical missile system is designated to strike adversary low-sized and site
targets to a range of up to 500 km — missile launchers, multiple launch rocket
systems, long-range artillery, aircraft and helicopters at aerodromes, command
posts and communications centers.
Source: ITAR-TASS
19-11-2019
