Russia’s Airborne Forces holding drills![]() March 11, 2013 - 18:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Air-defense units of Russia’s Airborne Forces (VDV) will conduct about 30 battery-level tactical exercise between March 11 and 28, RIA Novosti reported citing Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Kucherenko. A total of 60 missile launches will be made from man portable antiaircraft missile systems (MANPADS), over 10 launches from Strela-10M (SA-13 Gopher) mobile antiaircraft missile systems and more than 40 firings from ZU-23 antiaircraft gun systems, Kucherenko said Monday, March 11. All combat training missions will be carried out using the Barnaul-T automated command and control system, he said. About 1,000 servicemen from VDV missile units as well as assault and army aviation subdivisions will participate in a series of exercises in Krasnodar Territory, south Russia. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |