Russian-Belarusian military exercises "Union Shield - 2011" started

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 16, which started on September 2011 of this year.

Exercises will be held at Russian training grounds and will complete 22 September 2011.

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.

In the Western Military District, the Russian and Belarusian air defense units at the Gorohovetsky training ground, which are armed with the Tunguska, Strela-10, and Igla MANPADS, will fire at targets simulating helicopters and low-flying aircraft.

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. The conditions for firing at air targets will be as close to combat as possible.

In addition, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel Vladimir Drik said that during the exercise will use the latest anti-aircraft missile system C-400.

"Against the background of a single operational situation, military units and units of the ground forces will operate, aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces of the two countries, including those equipped with the latest S-400 air defense systems and the Shell-S systems, said Drik.

Comments

[Vadivak]

[Good teachings and good title

[raf]

Oh, there would be more such good news!

[Marat]

As long as the Pendos keep their aggressive NATO bloc in Europe (and without any need now - after all, the USSR which they seemed to be "afraid" is no longer there), such exercises are necessary. Belarusians are guarding the western border!

[ytqnhfk]

In the photo, the "carapace" krasava sets the heat! "!!!

[makrus]

It seems that the exercises are regularly held here, that week the Pacific Rimmen arranged strings, now with the Belarusians, the army is not seated on the spot - it pleases.

[KASKAD]

The thing is that this is actually a show, remember, in 2008 our units in Ossetia practically didn’t eat anything and slept in the open air, I generally wonder how they gave out live ammunition, and it was a three-day war with Georgia. What will happen if you have to fight with NATO or China? That's right, June 22, 1941, only such human resources are no longer in Russia, and the ancient Kalashnikovs against nano-tech tanks are, to put it mildly, rather weak,
you’ll have to go to bed 65 years ago with a bunch of grenades under the tank and eat with a oxal leaf.

[LESHA pancake]

Well, that you are so sad on the topic.