Iskander missiles to be launched in training in western military district - Defense Ministry

Tactical trainings of the missile junction of the Western Military District and the Long-Range Aviation Command will take place during an inspection of the combat potential of the junctions of the Russian Armed Forces equipped with long-range high-precision weapons in the period between May 27 and June 5, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported.

"The purpose of the training is to practice the organization of the combine injury of critical facilities of a hypothetical aggressor using ground-based and air-based high-precision weapons," the ministry press service said, Interfax reports.

The training "uses one missile junction of the Western Military District, which is equipped with the Islander-M missile system and long-range aviation planes," the report says.

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