The Russian military is learning to repel drone attacks near the Afghan border, writes the Izvestia newspaper. citing sources at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
It is noted that the exercises in the Central Asian region are designed to train personnel to protect the locations of troops, military bases and airfields from shock attacks and reconnaissance drones. Air defense forces, electronic warfare (EW) systems and motorized rifle units are involved in the maneuvers.
It is pointed out that the exercises of the units of the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan, which has a common border with Afghanistan, are taking place almost without interruption.
The Defense Ministry told the edition that one of the episodes of the exercises, in which more than 300 military personnel participated, was recently developed at Kant Air Base in Kyrgyzstan. During the maneuvers, several attack and reconnaissance drones of the false enemy attempted to enter the airspace of the military camp.
The drones were detected by the calculation of the complex electronic warfare machine Silok-02. The army intercepted the control and took the vehicles to a safe distance, where they were destroyed. It is clarified that Kyrgyzstan does not have a common border with Afghanistan, but is in danger.
Recall that in August & nbsp; at Harb-Maidon training ground, 20 kilometers from the border with Afghanistan, & nbsp; joint exercises with the participation of 2.5 thousand military personnel from Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. & nbsp; The base of the Russian military contingent was formed by units of the 201st military base.