BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

23/11/2006

Belarus gets 2 battalions of S-300 air defense systems

BREST /Belarus/, November 23 (Itar-Tass) - Two battalions of S-300 air defense systems were shipped from Russia to Belarus on Thursday, Belarussian Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev said. The shipment completes the Russian-Belarus contract of supplies of this equipment to Minsk, Maltsev said.

The first two battalions were supplied to Belarus in the summer. Belarus fielded them in Brest, while another two battalions will be deployed near Grodno.

"The personnel are ready to fulfill tasks involving S-300 systems," the Belarussian minister underlined. The personnel had extensive training to learn to handle the new equipment, including at Russia's Ashuluk range, where they practiced live shooting.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11013170&PageNum=0

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