Air defense units in Moscow Region put on full alert in combat readiness drills

Air defense and anti-missile defense units of the Moscow Region have been placed on full alert as part of the Combat Commonwealth-2015 CIS air defense exercise, spokesman for Russia’s Air and Space Force, Col. Andrei Zolotukhin said on Tuesday.

The exercises involve over 1,000 troops and more than 200 pieces of combat and special hardware.