MINSK, 21 January (BelTA) - The checkup of the combat readiness of the Belarusian Armed Forces has begun on the instruction of the Belarusian President, BelTA learnt from the Security Council of Belarus.
«Today at 12h00 the Belarusian President’s instruction was handed over to the Defense Minister. Under the instruction, the checkup of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces has begun. It is designed to assess the ability of military agencies and commanders to manage military units and detachments which are subordinate to them. It will also reveal whether military units, detachments of the Armed Forces and territorial defense forces are ready to carry out their assignments», the Security Council said. Close attention will be given to the checkup of the readiness of weapons and military equipment for deployment.
Military agencies at all levels (strategic, operative and tactical) will be subjected to the checkup. It will apply to military units and detachments of the Armed Forces, almost all corps along with territorial defense forces.
«The peculiarity of the task is that the defense missile system Tor-M2 will be put in service. Earlier this complex was tested at the Ashuluk firing range in the Russian Federation. Now it will be tested by the Belarusian air defense forces,” the Security Council said. Another piece of equipment, the new Belarus-made radar station Rosa-RB, will be tested in woodland.
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