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Shweigo: "East 2018" maneuvers aimed at protecting Russian territory only

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Russian Defense Minister Sergey Schweigo told the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Japanese armed forces, Katsutosi Cavanu, the purely defensive character of Russian military maneuvers, including the "East 2018".

Shweigo expressed his regret that the Japanese observers did not attend the exercises, noting that Russia had responded to the request of the…

Russian army uses "ghost missiles" in maneuvers "East – 2018"

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Colonel Sergey Tikhonov, commander of the Air Defense Division 76, said that during the "East-2018" maneuvers, the Russian army used "invisible missiles" that were superior to those in the world.

Tikhonov pointed out that the Russian military leadership decided to increase the complexity of the tasks in training, and is no longer limited to the use of conventional…

Shiny examples of Russian "East – 2018" maneuvers

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Observers said what would mark the exercises of the "East – 2018" military is not only wide range, but also a number of new changes introduced in the course of training the largest Russian army since 1981.

One example is that the strategic exercises took place on a bilateral basis for the first time in the history of modern Russia. In the Far East, a "confrontation"…

Anti-air missiles fired at Russian "East 2018"

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The Telemba military field in the Republic of Buryatia (eastern Russia) saw training plumes of anti-air missile systems in the framework of the "East-2018" major maneuvers.

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To-95MS launchers participate in East-2018 maneuvers

Russian military television channel Zvezda on Wednesday broadcast footage of multi-type rocket fire on targets flying…