Dress Rehearsal for the Victory Day Parade on Red Square
Dress Rehearsal for the Victory Day Parade on Red Square
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The final rehearsal for this year’s Victory Day parade took place on Tuesday on Red Square. The rehearsal involved over 11,000 servicemen, 101 military... 07.05.2013, Sputnik International
The final rehearsal for this year’s Victory Day parade took place on Tuesday on Red Square. The rehearsal involved over 11,000 servicemen, 101 military vehicles and 68 combat aircraft.
The final rehearsal for this year’s Victory Day parade took place on Tuesday on Red Square. The rehearsal involved over 11,000 servicemen, 101 military vehicles and 68 combat aircraft.
The final rehearsal for this year’s Victory Day parade took place on Tuesday on Red Square. The rehearsal involved over 11,000 servicemen, 101 military vehicles and 68 combat aircraft.
The Victory Day parade on May 9, when Russia celebrates the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany in World War II, will feature Buk-2 M2 medium-range mobile air defense systems.
Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attended the rehearsal, which was supervised by the Commander-in-Chief of Russia’s Ground Forces, Col. Gen. Vladimir Chirkin.
Russia's formidable S-400 Triumf air defense systems, capable of intercepting aircraft and ballistic missiles at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles) and an altitude of up to 30 kilometers (18.6 miles).
Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets from the Strizhi and Russian Knights aerobatics teams fly over Red Square during the rehearsal.
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