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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Russia’s military undergoes combat readiness test

MiG-31 FoxhoundOn May 27, several thousand Russian soldiers were woken up at 5:00 in the morning by a surprise alarm.

The Russian Ministry of Defence staged the biggest drills in more than twenty years to test the country’s Aerospace Defence Forces, Long-Range and Military Transport Aviation, the Missile Defence Division in charge of defending the Central Industrial Region and Moscow, as well as the Western Military District’s 1st Air Army.

In February this year, the country’s Airborne Forces and Central Military District troops underwent the same test.

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