Russian aviation in the Murmansk region used rockets in the process of unplanned audit readiness of the Armed forces. The helicopters and bombers destroyed a group of conditional opponent on the ground with the help of rockets.

"The flight crew of aircraft su-24M and helicopters Mi-24 and Mi-8 of the Western military district has implemented the use of air weapons - rockets, aerial bombs and missiles on ground targets," says the office of public relations and information of the Ministry of defense of Russia. The crews of transport and combat helicopters Mi-8 in addition worked land tactical troops, and crews link of Mi-24 helicopters were covering them from the air. In flights involving more than 50 aircraft.

Recall that on 16 March in the Russian Armed forces started an unscheduled audit readiness - at this time the main emphasis is on actions in the Arctic. Involved forces of the Northern fleet, the Western military district and VDV - within 80 thousand troops, thousands of ground combat vehicles, 10's surface ships, submarines, aircraft and helicopters. The audit will take place from 16 to 21 March.

Minoborony already announced that Russia conducts surprise audits of the army in order to solve its own internal problems, not because of any demonstrations for other States, the sin of some Western countries. Such checks Moscow engage other players in the region, and still holds them only within the borders of the country.

"Today, just as preceding, a series of unexpected checks approved their relevance, appropriateness and effectiveness to increase the combat readiness of the Armed forces. It is essential, that such audit became an everyday life of the army and Navy. This kind of determine will continue in future," stated Deputy defense Minister Anatoly Antonov.

"It's not the clank of tracks, and this is not saber-rattling, it's not a muscle-flexing. We are not like some States that cocky demonstrate their forces on the border with the Russian Federation, throwing with own foreign area personnel, weapons and equipment," he said.

With all this methods that apply in their own maneuvers in NATO, cause astonishment, not fear. "They organize with all this, some marches of the boy scouts, or, in our opinion, the pioneers who walk in his pants on the strap with colored flags," - said Anatoly Antonov.

Russia has practically no international obligations to inform foreign governments about the proposed exercises, but Moscow does not want to call the helper nervousness in the region. "We as a gesture of good will through the channels of the relationship of the OSCE reported all European States about the beginning of an unexpected audit and the number of attracted to her strength. We will do this in future," said the Deputy Minister of defense of Russia.
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