Surprise Drill Puts Over 100,000 Troops Through Their Paces In Russia’s Far East

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Surprise drill puts over 100,000 troops through their paces in Russia’s Far East (RT, Sep 11, 2014):

More than 100,000 soldiers and officers will participate in the surprise check of combat readiness of the forces assigned to Russia’s Eastern Military District, the country’s Defense Ministry said.

The ad hoc maneuvers will involve the 3rd Command of the Air Force and Air Defense Troops, the command of the Pacific Fleet, as well as the command of Strategic and Military Transport Aviation, the ministry said.

The inspection, which kicked off at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) on September 11, was ordered by the Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces, President Vladimir Putin.

The surprise drill “envisions participation of the combat planning and control agencies at the level of the military district, separate armies and brigades, mechanized infantry and reconnaissance units, signal corps and logistics units, ships, submarines and auxiliary seacraft, as well as the units of Strategic, Military Transport and Frontline Aviation,” Gen. Nikolay Bogdanovsky, the chief of the inspection group, was cited by Itar-Tass news agency as saying.

According to Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, special attention during the exercises will be paid to “checking the redeployment of the troops on long distances as it’s a priority task for the Armed Forces.”

The Defense Ministry also noted that ad hoc inspections have become a regular practice for the Russian military since early 2013.

In June, similar unscheduled war games involved 65,000 troops in the Central Military District, which united all Russian forces in Siberia, the Urals and beyond.

It was the second check for the Central Military District, as it was already tested in February, along with the Western Military District.

 

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  1. For every half assed show put on by the west, Putin comes back with a real one…….over the last decade or so, Russia may have stayed out of national politics, but certainly spent the time rebuilding every aspect of the soviet union…….especially the military.
    I sure hope this warns Obama to stay the hell out of Syria…..Putin told him last year if he hits Syria, Russia will hit back………and they are well equipped to do so.

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