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Massive "coalition" missile strike at #Kavkaz2020: ria.ru/20200925/iskan…

3 aeroballistic+2 cruise (both Iskander-M)+3 Tochka-U (Belarus?).

Stay tuned for details and footage.
Only this crazy video of Iskander, Tochka and assorted MLRS launches so far:

#Kavkaz2020
Official release: function.mil.ru/news_page/coun…

2 Iskander-M battalions
1 Tochka-U battalion
1 Tornado-S battalion
8 MLRS battalions
9 howitzer battalions
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So, #Kavkaz2020 briefing: eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/c…

2 stages: our guys fight against terrorists and repel air space attack from the terrorist supporters; than joint ops against enemy to defeat it.

Southern MD, Western MD, Airborne, LRA, MTA Black Sea fleet, Caspian flottilla; ImageImage
Foreign partners: Armenia, Belarus, China, Myanmar, Pakistan; Azerbaijan, Iran - Caspian sea only.

Locations: Kapustin Yar, Ashuluk, Prudboy, Adanak, Rayevsky; Arzgirsky, Kopansky; Black and Caspian seas.

80 000+ troops total (incl. logistical support, EMERCOM, etc.), but... Image
...12900 only under single command, w/ <250 tanks, <450 IFVs, <200 artillery/MLRS, so no Vienna Document monitoring, but some unilateral transparency measures instead.

"...a mock enemy was implied that is not related to any particular state"
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SCO-CIS-CSTO def chiefs joint communique (h/t @CSTO_ODKB website): odkb-csto.org/documents/docu…
- acknowledge growing number of hotspots around the world, incl. based on historical disagreements, that might lead to escalation; attention, coordination and cooperation is needed.

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- regret INF Treaty termination due to US withdrawal
- call for restraint in the missile domain
- call for New START extension
- note the need for constructive dialogue to restore confidence, prevent arms race, assure strategic stability, prevent dangerous military activity

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Fight against terrorism and related extrimism, as well as other regional security challenges - a priority
Security cooperation - basic condition for the development of SCO, CIS and CSTO
Agreed to deepen confidence and cooperation based on bilateral and multilateral formats

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So, it indeed happened. Could not find a join communique, but there are several points already released (among other things):
- CIS JADS development financing for 2022 is agreed
- Joint counter-terrorism operations training planned within #Kavkaz2020 (no details yet)

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- Decided to make General Staff Military Academy (RU) a main organization in charge of operational-strategic training for the CIS officers-
- Agreed that destruction of arms contol, incl. nuclear, is "unacceptable".

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PS - Serbia also joined the event.
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Expect some Kinzhal-style #hyperhype at #Kavkaz2020. MiG-31K shown for a reason during Gerasimov inspection.

function.mil.ru/news_page/coun… Image
There's also a video (flash at the moment) with some nice angles...
One can hear "battle duty w/4 aircraft" clearly. ImageImageImageImage
Fun fact: Kinzhal operations are explicitly mentioned in the release sent out to the media, but on the MoD website: militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=… Image
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Huge snap exercise in Western and Southern MD, to check readiness for #Kavkaz2020, among other things. Almost 150 000 people. It is a chain of separate events though (56 tactical exercises, 35 ground and 17 navy ranges), but I still wonder about notifications and observers...
First video from the snap exercise:

Not bad.
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