Exercises "Center-2019": UAV "Pear", complexes "Irony" Airborne and Chinese fighters
International exercises are always a political event affecting both internal and external relations. And Center-2019 is no exception. Maneuvers are Moscow’s way of checking interaction with old partners and strengthening ties with them. The current exercises involve the military contingents of China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The main venue for the exercises is the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region: this is where the bulk of the maneuvers takes place. A number of tactical activities are carried out on the territory of neighboring states: during the exercises, four training grounds in Kazakhstan, another Kyrgyz training ground, as well as Liaur and Sabuli training ranges in Tajikistan are involved.
An important point is that Russia in this case acts as a likely bridge for establishing relations between countries with conflict situations. This, first of all, concerns the pairs of Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan (recently, on the border of both states, regular clashes took place, during which four military personnel died - in wrote about it) and India-Pakistan.
The scenario of the exercises was designed so that in the course of it Moscow had the opportunity to demonstrate in the best light what Russia managed to learn during the military campaign in Syria. The plan assumes that in the southeast of the Russian Federation a state formation suddenly appeared that professed the ideology of pseudo-Islamic terrorism.
The debut of Yevkurov
Center-2019 exercises presented the former head of Ingushetia, Lieutenant General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, as the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. Although the appointment took place in July, it was the exercises that became the first really high-profile event with his participation. It was Yevkurov’s words quoted by the media, although usually the prerogative to present such events rests with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
- quotes the words of the deputy minister on the scale of the channel’s exercises Lenta.ru.
Landing - the dominant force
The exercises were marked by one of the largest parachute landing in recent years. In the training operation, 80 Il-76 military transport aircraft were used, from which 1,5 thousand people were landed. and over 200 units of equipment.
Complex "Irony-M"
It is noted that the landing was carried out in tight battle formations in two parallel streams. The distance between the planes in the columns was no more than 2 km (less than 30 seconds). The distance between the columns was 3 km.
These maneuvers often used equipment that had only recently begun to enter service. In particular, the Airborne Forces used the special optoelectronic complex “Ironia”, which was created for observation in the thermal imaging range during airborne landing, secretive advancement and ambush organization.
The observation complex cannot be called an absolute novelty - he joined the army a few years ago. Nevertheless, it was precisely on these exercises that he first came to the camera in an environment close to the military - the TV channel “17 September” publishedStar". “Irony” is equipped with a video camera, thermal imager and a laser range finder. The image from them goes to a miniature monitor placed in the eyepiece. The device can detect equipment at a distance of 7 km, a person at a distance of 2,5 km.
Also, the Airborne Forces worked out the use of a multi-level reconnaissance system, which includes UAVs, as well as the Sagittarius complex and the Irony mentioned above. The group of unmanned aerial vehicles included Orlan-10, Pear, Tachyon, Outpost.
Mobile medicine
On the second day of the “Center-2019” at the Donguz training ground, a medical special detachment conducted exercises to work out the rescue of the wounded on the battlefield and their delivery to the hospital.
Modern military medicine is considering the delivery of the wounded to the hospital in the hands of specialist physicians as the most important survival factor: this is confirmed by several studies conducted in this area. In particular, US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq have seen a significant decrease in the death toll. This experience was also studied in Russia.
In particular, there reportcompiled by the staff of the FSBI "413-th Military Hospital" and the Military Medical Academy. CM. Kirova Russian Ministry of Defense. It details the facts that allowed the US Armed Forces to reduce mortality in war zones.
To stabilize the wounded, a special mobile hospital was deployed, during the construction of which special pre-fabricated inflatable modules were used. The hospital also has an operating room, which allows stabilization of the wounded for further dispatch to inpatient hospitals.
China in the Russian sky
Another interesting point of the exercises is the participation of Chinese pilots in the airborne part of the exercises.
- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said in a statement.
On the Russian side, the Ka-52 Alligators and the Night Hunters Mi-28Н, the latest generation of attack helicopters, completed the training tasks.
From the air, the exercises cover the MiG-31. Peak vehicle speed is 3400 km / h. Also, Su-35 took part in the protection of airspace. In total, about 20 crews were involved.
Among other things, they are also boosting water barriers, firing from the modernized S-300 and C-400 systems, testing the operations of special forces, and firing ships (they are involved in the 15 order) in the Caspian Sea. The training should end on 21 September.
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