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Iskander-M Live-Fire Missile Drills to Be Held in Southern Russia in July

© REUTERS / Sergei KarpukhinRussian servicemen equip an Iskander tactical missile system at the Army-2015 international military-technical forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia, June 17, 2015
Russian servicemen equip an Iskander tactical missile system at the Army-2015 international military-technical forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia, June 17, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Russian military exercises, which will include Iskander-M missile live-fire drills, are set to be held in the country’s southern region of Astrakhan at the end of July, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Southern Military District announced Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Southern Military District said in a statement:

“Within the framework of training of subunits…exercises with the Iskander-M missile defense system will be held with live-fire strikes against ground targets and infrastructural objects of a conditional enemy located at a distance of up to 300 kilometers away.”

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