Anti-aircraft gunners of the Southern Military District in Karachay-Cherkessia cover important objects from air strikes of a mock enemy during a large-scale command post exercise

Servicemen of anti-aircraft missile units of the Southern Military District (SMD) in Karachay-Cherkessia, during a large-scale command post exercise, covered strategically important objects from air strikes of a mock enemy at ultra-low altitudes.

The servicemen practiced tasks of finding, detecting and tracking air targets of the mock enemy. The main emphasis was placed on the identification and classification of air targets at low (about 400 m) and ultra-low (about 150 m) altitudes.

The command post is attended by formations and military units of the Southern Military District, as well as units of military bases deployed in Abkhazia, Armenia, South Ossetia, as well as part of the forces of the Black Sea Fleet, the Caspian Flotilla, which will practice actions in the waters of the Black and Caspian Seas.

In total, about 8 thousand servicemen were involved in the command post with the associations and formations of the Southern Military District, about 350 units of weapons and military equipment from the combined arms armies, air force and air defence formations and units of the combat arms and special forces of district subordination, the forces of the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian flotilla.

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