The joint computer-assisted CIS air defence command post exercise Regional Security 2018 is taking place in Minsk on 14-16 August under the command of Maj. Gen. Igor Golub, Commander of the Belarusian-Russian Joint Regional Air Defence System. The exercise aims to improve the Belarusian-Russian Joint Regional Air Defence System and increase its combat effectiveness in the Eastern Europe collective security region.
The exercise addresses the following issues:
· simulating the combat operations of troops (forces) that are part of the Belarusian-Russian Joint Regional Air Defence System in the Eastern Europe collective security region
· directing troops (forces) that are part of the Belarusian-Russian Joint Regional Air Defence System
· organising interaction between aviation and air defence forces that are part of the Belarusian-Russian Joint Regional Air Defence System
· reducing the combat strength of troops (forces) that are part of the Belarusian-Russian Joint Regional Air Defence System, taking into account the results of combat operations simulation