Russia and CIS partners will create their ballistic missile defense (BMD) system
ArmInfo.CIS is ready to develop united anti aircraft and anti- missile defense system, Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Stuff of the Armed Forces of Russia, stated during a session of CIS Military Committee in Minsk.
Russian, Armenian, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
General Stuff Chiefs of Armed Forces participate the session. The
servicemen discussed some issues, the main issues were the estimate
of challenges and menaces in collective security districts of
country-participants, the preparation of military cadres in anti
aircraft defense system. Another issue of the agenda was the
discussion of creating united BMD and BAD in Central Asian region.
The session was closed, that is why any reached agreements were only
supposed by followed speeches of the members.
Summarizing the session, Valery Gerasimov told that they worked in
another issue, and will continue to develop the theme on creating one
CIS anti aircraft and anti missile defense system. They have
two-sided signed agreements and a united BMD system is created with
Belarus and Armenia. Then comes creation of this kind of system in
Central Asian region.