Russia to upgrade radar stations in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan.

MOSCOW, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - Within the framework of
military-technical cooperation with countries of the Commonwealth of
Independent States, Russia will upgrade radar stations in Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan, as well as will supply spare parts and equipment for air
defence hardware of CIS states, according to materials of a session of the
coordinating committee on air defence at the CIS Council of Defence
Ministers.
The radar station P-18 will be partially updated in Kyrgyzstan, and a
similar radar station will be updated in Tajikistan. The Almaz-Antei air
defence concern has received applications from Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and considers supplies of spare parts and
equipment for air defence hardware in these countries.
Belarus has also applied for repairs of components to the air defence
missile weapon system C-300 by Russian specialists.
In line with plans of joint combat training within the framework of
the joint CIS Air Defence System, a command-and-staff exercise, as well as
two bilateral command-and-staff drills of air defence of Russia and
Uzbekistan and Russia and Ukraine are scheduled for October.
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