More than four thousand military men will take part in maneuvers near Novosibirsk. At the end of September, Russia will conduct large-scale command and staff exercises of the strategic missile forces (Strategic Missile Forces) in the Novosibirsk region. In maneuvers will take part more than four thousand military and about 400 units of equipment, the RF Defense Ministry reports.. "It is planned to develop an extensive list of tasks and introductory ones, including on bringing to the highest degrees of combat readiness, performing maneuvering operations on combat patrolling routes, countering diversionary formations and strikes of precision weapons, performing combat missions in conditions of active radioelectronic suppression and intensive operations in areas of dislocation troops, "the message says.. It is noted that in the exercises for the first time about ten samples of advanced special equipment will be used, including for engineering units, protection and defense, the RCBP. The extensive use of aviation is planned.

MiG-31 interceptors will be used, air reconnaissance missions will be performed by An-30 aircraft, transport-combat helicopters and complexes with unmanned aircraft will be used for search. In the arsenal of the Novosibirsk missile compound there is a mobile ground-based missile system RS-24 Yars. As reported by the correspondent. net, September 12 Russia successfully tested the missile Yars. It was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region to Kamchatka. Russia launched an Iskander missile at a training ground in Kazakhstan.

Original article: Russia will conduct large-scale missile exercises.