RUSSIA TO USE CAUCASUS DRILLS TO PREPARE FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS

Russia Today

Jan 16 2012

The Ministry of Defense has started preparations for one of the
biggest military exercises of the year, the “Caucasus-2012” drills.

The exercises are taking place in Southern Russia, Abkhazia, South
Ossetia and Armenia in September 2012.

One purpose of the large-scale drills this year is to prepare the
Russian military for a possible armed conflict between the US and
Israel on the one side and Iran on the other.

“It would be a good demonstration of new Russian military power,”
Viktor Mizin from the Institute of Strategic Assessment told RT. “We
will show that Russia has undergone a revival of its military power,
and is now becoming not only a major economic and political player,
but also a major global military player.”