CIS states to stage antiterrorist air defence exercise in October

Interfax-AVN military news agency web site
23 Sep 04

Moscow

Protection of airspace of the CIS member states, including from air
terrorism, will be refined in the course of the command post exercise
(CPX) to be held by the countries’ unified air defence system, Lt-Gen
Aytech Bizhev, Russian air force deputy commander-in-chief, told
Interfax-AVN on Thursday [23 September].

“Ten missions will be practised during the CPX scheduled for October,
aimed to improve protection of airspace of the CIS members,” he
said. He added that the issues of command and control and liaison in
case of air terrorism situation would also be practised.

According to him, the CPX will see the participation of Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan,
as well as Ukraine on bilateral basis. “Air force Commander-in-Chief
Vladimir Mikhaylov will exercise command and control of the CPX from
the Central Command Post of the Russian air force,” he said.