Alarm verification of aviation combat readiness of Russia – Virtual Poland

About 12 thousand. soldiers and 250 airplanes and helicopters involved in emergency check the combat readiness of the Air Force and air defense of the Russian Central Military District – Russia’s defense ministry announced.
 

As already stated Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, testing will last until Thursday. This capability also ordered in a number of bodies and authorities Long Range Aviation Command (ie strategic bombers) and the military districts of the West and South. As part of this project Long Range Aviation aircraft missiles to attack ground targets contractual manewrującymi opponent on the range Pemboj in the north of Siberia.

Check will initially concerned the speed and efficiency of achieving the designated level of combat readiness. In the following days we will be ferrying aircraft operating at the airport, and units of air defense troops will carry out on the ranges Aszułuk and Kapustin Yar in the southern Russian tactical exercises with combat strzelaniami rocket.
 

“When checking the focus is mainly on developing aviation command system in the field and the organization of comprehensive aviation security activities in new areas homing as well as thrashing of sub-units of the air defense forces stationed in the new areas of rail transport,” – said in a statement to the press service the Ministry of Defence.