Azerbaijan to hold large-scale military exercises

Azerbaijan will hold large-scale military exercises. The exercises will involve about 25,000 servicemen, News.az reports.

In accordance with the combat readiness plan for 2016, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, from 19 to 24 June, will hold large-scale operational and tactical exercises involving all types of troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on June 17, APA reports.

The exercises to be conducted under the supervision of Defense Minister Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov, will involve about 25,000 servicemen, more than 300 tanks and armored combat vehicles, more than 100 rocket artillery launchers, up to 40 military aircraft and more than 30 air defense systems, ships of naval forces and special forces units.

Military ranges located in the frontal zone, and in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the Azerbaijani sector of Caspian Sea set up as exercise areas.

The main objective of the exercise is to improve the skills of command of formations and military branches in command and control and combat systems, as well as improving coordination and interoperability of combat elements in difficult conditions of modern combined arms battle.