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Russia starts Kavkaz-2016 major military drills

Xinhua, September 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russia launched on Monday the Strategic Kavkaz-2016 military drills, involving 12,500 troops, warplanes, combat vehicles and ships in the country's Southern Military District, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"The Kavkaz-2016 is the final stage of a series of special exercises for military command bodies and snap inspections of combat readiness of troops in 2016, which takes place in the Southern Military District, the Black and Caspian Seas on September 5-10," the ministry said in a statement.

During the exercises, all levels of command and control bodies will be tested using the latest equipment, and tactical simulation of fighting will be rehearsed using new types of weapons, military equipment and control systems, it said.

Russia finished a large-scale snap drill involving three of its four military districts in late August. Endi