MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...
The two countries" chiefs of staff - Gen. Nikolai Makarov (Russia) and Gen. Sergei Gurulev (Belarus) - will lead them.The plan also includes mobilizing reservists and equipment, and deploying troops across large distances with different means of transport. This is a crucial element in modern conflicts, which call for rapid maneuvering, often on a global scale.
Vice Admiral Viktor Chirkov, chief of staff and acting commander of the Baltic Fleet, will supervise the naval part of the games, which will be held on the Baltic Sea. The frigates Neustrashimy and Yaroslav Mudry (the latter of which was commissioned in June 2009), as well as other warships will take part in the war games alongside Marines, some of whom will be dispatched to the war games from the Northern and Black sea fleets together with their landing craft.
The scale of the West 2009 war games reminds me of West 1981, held from September 4 to 12, 1981. Although a bit shorter than West 2009,
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