{"id":736,"date":"2016-02-11T00:11:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T00:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=736"},"modified":"2016-02-11T00:11:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T00:11:35","slug":"putin-placed-the-airborne-forces-and-the-southern-military-district-on-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2016\/02\/11\/putin-placed-the-airborne-forces-and-the-southern-military-district-on-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"PUTIN PLACED THE AIRBORNE FORCES AND THE SOUTHERN MILITARY DISTRICT ON HIGH ALERT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RUSSUIAN<\/a><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin on February the 8th, ordered the Southern Military District Forces, as well as the designated Airborne Forces and Military Transport Aviation units of this Military District, to undergo immediate combat readiness checks.<\/p>\n

The decision of the President was announced to the media by the Minister of Defence General Sergey Shoygu.<\/p>\n

According to the Minister the military forces mentioned above were ordered to be brought to the state of full combat readiness as of 5 o\u2019clock local time on Monday the 8th of February.<\/p>\n

The Russian Southern Military District includes the following forces
\n\u2022 175th Luninets-Pinsk Order of Alexander Nevsky Twice Red Star Headquarters Brigade (Aksai)
\n\u2022 176th Separate Communications Brigade (Territorial) (Rassvet)
\n\u2022 11th Separate Guards Kingisepp Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Engineering Brigade (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky)
\n\u2022 28th Separate Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) Defense Brigade (Kamyshin)
\n\u2022 1270th Separate Electronic Warfare Center (Kovalevka)
\n\u2022 37th Separate Railway Brigade (Volgograd)
\n\u2022 39th Separate Railway Brigade (Krasnodar)
\n\u2022 333rd Separate Railway Pontoon Bridge Battalion (Volgograd)
\n\u2022 Mountain Training Center of the Armed Forces (Baksan)
\n\u2022 54th Training Center of Intelligence Units (Vladikavkaz)
\n\u2022 27th Training Center Railway Troops (Volgograd)<\/p>\n

58th Army in Vladikavkaz<\/strong>
\n\u2022 4th Military Base [693rd Motor Rifle Brigade] in Dzhava-Tskhinval (South Ossetia)
\n\u2022 17th Motor Rifle Brigade in Shali
\n\u2022 18th Motorized Brigade in Khankala
\n\u2022 19th Motorized Brigade in Sputnik (Vladikavkaz)
\n\u2022 136th Motor Rifle Brigade in Dagestan
\n\u2022 205th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade in Budennovsk
\n\u2022 67th Air Defense Brigade in Volgograd
\n\u2022 34th C3 Brigade in Vladikavkaz<\/p>\n

49th Army in Stavropol\/Maikop<\/strong>
\n\u2022 8th Motorized Brigade (Mountain) in Borzoi
\n\u2022 20th Motor Rifle Brigade in Volgograd
\n\u2022 33rd Motor Rifle Brigade (Mountain) in Novocherkassk
\n\u2022 34th Motorized Brigade (Mountain) in Storozhevaya-2
\n\u2022 66th C3 Brigade in Stavropol
\n\u2022 1st Guards Rocket Brigade in Krasnodar
\n\u2022 439th Guards Perekop Order of Kurozov Rocket Artillery Brigade (Znamensk) [MRLS]
\n\u2022 291st Artillery Brigade in Troitskaya
\n\u2022 21st NBC Defense Brigade Kamyshin
\n\u2022 175th C3 Brigade in Aksai
\n\u2022 176th Communications Brigade in Novocherkassk
\n\u2022 154th ECM Brigade OSN in Izobilny
\n\u2022 Logistics Brigade in Stavropol<\/p>\n

102nd Military Base in Gyumri, Armenia<\/strong>
\n\u2022 76th Motorized Brigade Gyumri, Armenia
\n\u2022 73rd Motorized Brigade Erevan (Armenia)
\n\u2022 988th Air Defense Regiment Gyumri (Armenia)<\/p>\n

Airborne Troops
\n\u2022 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade in Kamyshin
\n\u2022 7th Guards Airborne Division at Novorossiysk<\/p>\n

Spetsnaz\/Reconnaissance Forces<\/strong>
\n\u2022 100th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade (Mozdok-7)
\n\u2022 10th Spetsnaz Brigade in Krasnodar
\n\u2022 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade in Rostov<\/p>\n

Air Force units<\/strong>
\n4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command<\/p>\n

Black Sea Fleet<\/strong>
\n\u2022 810th Marine Brigade[8]
\n\u2022 382nd Independent Marine Battalion
\n\u2022 11th Independent Coastal Defense Missile-Artillery Brigade
\n\u2022 126th Independent Coastal Defense Brigade
\n\u2022 1096th Fleet Independent Rocket Artillery Regiment (Coastal Defense)
\n\u2022 8th Independent Field Artillery Regiment (Coastal Defense)
\n\u2022 68th Fleet Independent Naval Engineers Regiment<\/p>\n

Caspian Flotilla<\/strong>
\n\u2022 414th and 727th Independent Marine Battalions
\n\u2022 46th Independent Coastal Defense Missile Artillery Battalion (Surface to Air)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must assess these units\u2019 ability to conduct movement for the purpose of concentration, and also check the ability of the air and air defense units to defeat enemy air raids against important military and state facilities,\u201d Sergey Shoygu said.<\/p>\n

Since the war in Georgia during the Summer of 2008 Russia has been testing the capabilities of its troops in the region in a regular base.<\/p>\n

The Russian leadership is mostly interested to test the combat readiness of its airborne units in the region such as the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade and the 7th Guards Airborne Division as well as the 708th Military Transport Aviation Regiment in Taganrog.<\/p>\n

The ongoing civil war in Syria and the direct involvement of Russia in this war with limited ground forces such as artillery, small number of T-90A main battle tanks, reconnaissance drones and special forces, might not be the last word of Russia in Syria\u2019s war.<\/p>\n

In the near future Russia might have to send quickly to Syria new fresh troops.<\/p>\n

These troops like the Iranians do, might have to be deployed immediately to the different fronts of the Civil war using the nearests Syrian airports.<\/p>\n

Therefore the test of the combat readiness of the two airborne Divisions of the Southern Military District is essential for the evaluation of the potential Russia plans for a new more dynamic and more massive military intervention in Syria.<\/p>\n

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