Russia's Orlan, Eleron and Zastava unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have been deployed for reconnaissance missions over mountainous terrain at Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) drills in Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Central Military District said.
"Bombing, assault and army aviation, conventional and rocket artillery and mortar units strike the positions and approach routes of illegal armed groups revealed with the help of the UAVs," Sputnik cited an aide to the district’s commander Col. Yaroslav Roshchupkin as saying.
The UAV group's reconnaissance stage allowed the detection, isolation and destruction of simulated armed groups numbering over 150 people.
Over 1000 troops from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, 200 armored vehicles and 20 aircraft and helicopters are taking part in Rubezh-2016 (Boundary-2016) anti-terrorist exercises.
