Center 2011

Center 2011 Russian: Центр 2011, romanizedTsentr 2011 was a military exercise carried out by Russia and other ODKB forces (Belarusian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, and Tajik) in September 19 – September 27, 2011. Full name: Operational-strategic exercise Tsentr-2011. It involved 12,000 personnel, hundreds of armored vehicles, 50 aircraft and helicopters, and the Caspian Flotilla.[1][2][3]

The exercise will be carried out at 6 locations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan:[3]

  • Librating a town from terrorists were practiced at the Chebarkul training range, Russia.
  • At Gorokhovets operations against enemy airborne assaults, specops, and "illegal armed formations" will be practiced.
  • Russian and Kazakh forces trained at a Caspian Sea location and at the Oymasha training ground.
  • The ODKB Collective Rapid Reaction Forces command and staff exercise was conducted at the Lyaur mountain training ground, 10 km southwest of Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
  • Cantral Asian forces of ODKB were training at a location in Kyrgyzstan against "illegal armed formations".

References

  1. ^ "Russia Begins Tsentr 2011 Military Exercises".
  2. ^ "Tsentr 2011: Russia's "New" Brutal Army".
  3. ^ a b Tsentr-2011, September 20,2011