Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered four days of air combat readiness testing, the third major military exercise staged by the Kremlin in the past three months.
The drills would involve 12,000 troops, 250 aircraft and nearly 700 artillery pieces and other heavy weaponry and include cruise missile strikes at an imaginary enemy target at a Siberian firing range, the Tass news agency reported.
The surprise test of the Russian Central Military District’s ability to fend off an air invasion coincides with NATO-led military exercises over the Arctic region that are part of the Western alliance’s response to Russia’s stepped-up manoeuvres over the Baltic and Northern European regions.
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