Air defense units of Russian military base in Armenia conducted training on repelling air strikes

Servicemen of antiaircraft missile units of Russian C-300B military base in Armenia held a training session without live firing on repelling attacks of single and multiple air targets of an imaginary enemy, as well as support of flights of their own aircraft, press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The training was held in Kamhud highland training center.

"In general 100 servicemen and dozens of weapons and military equipment were involved in the training. During the event they worked out gaining and masking positions, organization of communication systems and governance in mountain terrain conditions, bringing the equipment from the marching to combat order. They also worked out on detection and extermination of a conditional enemy.

During the exercise, the anti-aircraft gunners implemented regulations on transfer of units into different degrees of readiness, loading and unloading of launchers by anti-aircraft guided missiles, testing functional control of equipment.

More than 40 different tasks were worked out during the training, and over 30 air targets discovered, accompanied and conditionally destroyed.

"Battery tactical exercises, including crediting target practice and combat coordination await the anti-aircraft gunners. During the second half of April, air defence experts will participate in special tactical exercises with live fire at the interspecific firing ground Kapustin Yar (the Astrakhan region)," according to the press-service.

In the 2012 academic year, the personnel of the air defence units of the Russian military base in Armenia held more than 800 training sessions and performed nearly 150 combat shootings and crediting target practice.