Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Defense led the defence of Moscow in the highest readiness – RBC

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Maria Bondarenko

the defense led the defence of Moscow in the higher readiness

training for the embattled calculations s-400

Photo: Vitaly Nevar / TASS

Defending Moscow air defense units brought to the highest degree of combat readiness in the framework of a sudden inspection of the Russian space forces. The alarm raised the personnel of the battalions of s-300, s-400 and “Shell-”

air defence Units (PVO), defending Moscow and Central industrial district, brought to the highest degree of readiness. This was in the night of Wednesday, February 8, reported the Department of information and mass communications of the Ministry of defense, reports “Interfax”.

the defense Department said that the units are in full combat readiness in the framework of a sudden check the combat readiness of aerospace forces (VKS), declared on behalf of the President of Russia on the eve.

the defense Ministry explained that the alarm was raised by the personnel of the battalions of s-300, s-400 and “Pantsir-s”, which started marching on reserve positions, as well as to the places of loading equipment on a railway platform for departure to designated areas.

the report also emphasizes that “after arriving in designated areas calculations of radar and air defense missile systems will begin to deploy the technology, testing the functioning of equipment and will be put on combat duty”.

last Tuesday, on behalf of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in the Russian space forces began a sudden check. As explained by the head of the defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu, the decision to test was made to evaluate the training of military authorities and the Russian troops to perform combat training tasks.

Also, according to the Minister of defense, during the inspection special attention will be given to the management alerting, deployment of missile defense systems in a wartime mode, as well as the preparation of the air forces “to repel aggression”. With check parts of a planned tactical exercises and test exercises, Shoigu added.

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