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Friday,
September 23, 2011, 10:52 AM |
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Russia
could deploy attack helicopters Mi-28N and Iskander-M missile in South-Ossetia
and Abkhazia
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Russia
could deploy attack helicopters Mi-28N and Iskander-M
tactical missiles in Abkhazia and South Ossetia if Georgia continues to
increase its military potential in the region, announced to RIA Novosti
Igor Korotchenko, a member of social Council for the Russian Ministry
of Defense
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"If Georgia continues
to increase its military potential, it is possible that the Russian
bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are equipped with Mi-28N and Iskander-M
missiles," he said.
Russia currently has two bases in those republics who have declared
their independence after the attack of Tbilisi against the South Ossetian
capital, Tskhinvali, in August 2008. This is the fourth military base
in South Ossetia and the seventh in Abkhazia. Both have T-90C
tanks, multiple rocket launchers Smerch,
artillery, tactical missiles Tochka-U
(SS-21) and air defence systems S-300
and Buk.
Korotchenko says,
Moscow could also help Abkhazia and South Ossetia to improve operational
efficiency of their armed forces and provide them with Russian military
equipment and weapons.
"It would also
be wise to deploy missile patrol vessel Molniya class (NATO code: Tarantul)
in the Abkhaz port of Ochamchira to protect maritime borders of the
republic and to neutralize, if necessary, against hostile action of
Georgian Navy, "said the expert.
He stressed that
the Russian bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia "filled missions
purely defensive and not directed against third countries".
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