RUSSIA TESTS 100,000 TROOPS IN ‘VOSTOK 2014’, BIGGEST-EVER POST-SOVIET DRILLS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 12:48

Russia has staged its biggest post-Soviet military drills in the Far East, involving 100,000 servicemen and a vast array of materiel.

During five days of exercises, troops were trained in repulsing a massive airstrike, combating an aircraft carrier, repelling a seaborne landing and many other military activities on a vast scale.

The drills, dubbed “Vostok-2014,” are the largest since the Soviet era. About 100,000 servicemen, up to 1,500 tanks, 120 aircraft, 5,000 pieces of weaponry, military and special hardware, and up to 70 ships took part in the exercises.

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