Beginning of the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Shield of the Union-2011"

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Over 12 thousand military personnel, over 100 tanks, more than 100 planes and helicopters will take part in the joint Russian-Belarusian exercises Shield of the Union 2011, which will begin on Friday, which will be held at Russian training grounds and will end on September 22.

The purpose of the exercise is to improve the interaction of the Russian and Belarusian soldiers in the regional group of forces in solving the tasks of ensuring the security of the Union State, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the Western Military District, at the Gorokhovetsky training ground, the Russian and Belarusian air defense units armed with the Tunguska, Strela-10 and Igla MANPADS will fire targets that simulate helicopters and low-flying aircraft. They will be used as targets. helicopter ground-based dummies, light mines, as well as the upgraded Phalang-M anti-tank guided missile designed to simulate a maneuvering air target. Targets also mimic personnel, firing points and times personal samples of equipment and weapons.

The air defense units of the Western Military District and the Belarusian military will also conduct military firing at the Ashuluk and Kapustin Yar ranges in the Astrakhan region. In particular, at the Kapustin Yar test site, military personnel will carry out live firing at small-sized high-altitude and low-flying air targets from the Buk-M2 and C-300 anti-aircraft missile systems.

During the firing, the Saman aerial targets will be used, simulating tactical aircraft aviation and cruise missiles. The conditions for firing at aerial targets will be as close as possible to combat ones, for the detection, capture and destruction will be given the minimum time. The missile-simulating missiles reproduce various types of air attack weapons, which is an essential element in the performance of tasks of monitoring the air situation, searching for and detecting air targets with their subsequent destruction.
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  1. +1
    16 September 2011 09: 34
    Brothers in blood and brothers in arms can not be said otherwise, the necessary teachings
    1. ZEBRASH
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      16 September 2011 10: 24
      I agree completely. So it would be with Ukraine winked
  2. voin-xnumx
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    16 September 2011 11: 21
    Dear, it's all good. Only there is a small but, for such exercises, they scrape off all the more or less walking equipment, and the scrap metal is standing and steaming. We have made a brigade from the TD division and the air defense missile system turned out to be a "wasps" division, and now the remaining monsters are waiting for an hour to be disposed of.
  3. Sergh
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    16 September 2011 11: 23
    Well it pleases! It's time, it's time to do business. Dust from technology, and it’s a pleasure for men to jump in the ditches, to show themselves. Approve!
  4. zczczc
    +1
    16 September 2011 11: 43
    Finally, they got down to business, otherwise they only dress up forever ...
  5. Splin
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    16 September 2011 19: 47
    You know what is nice. Yesterday we discussed similar exercises in Ukraine. And unlike those conversations, none of the Ukrainian members of the forum condemns biased "Shield of Peace". Nobody cares that they are like directed against Ukraine. So a lesson for those who raise "double standards"!

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