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Belarus sees a qualitatively new stage in the development of its defense complex, said Chairman of the State Defense Industries Committee Sergei Gurulev who accompanied Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during a visit to OAO 558 Aircraft Repair Plant in Baranovichi on 2 April

According to Sergei Gurulev, the main point of the new stage is the provision of the Belarusian army with sophisticated armament and foreign supplies.

“We do not need the army of the mid 20th century any longer. Our country needs a modern army, and it should be based on special-operations and air assault forces as well as air defense,” Alexander Lukashenko said.

According to Sergei Gurulev, there is strong confidence in implementing the plans of the ongoing five-year period in the defense industries sector. He also informed on further development plans in the sector, development of new armament and military hardware, export volumes. According to the Chairman of the State Defense Industries Committee, there is a need to develop and produce new products which should be in demand in the Armed Forces. “Moreover, defense organizations should develop proactively,” he said. According to Sergei Gurulev, a conclusion was made after the consideration of the development concept for the sector through 2025 that the old basis, without new equipment, will be unable to bring progress and any positive results.

A tactical exercise involving air defense missile units of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense has begun as part of the second phase of the Belarusian army’s operational readiness test.

The exercise involves an air defense missile battalion of the 740th Air Defense Missile Brigade of the Northwestern Tactical Command and an air defense missile battery of Tor-M2 systems of the 120th Air Defense Missile Brigade of the Western Tactical Command of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense. As part of the exercise the units have already reached their designated areas in order to assume operational readiness to carry out air defense missions. The exercise is supervised by Colonel Andrei Dikanev, chief of the air defense missile troops.
In line with the plan for testing the Belarusian army’s operational readiness several Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense units have relocated to designated airfields.

In line with the plan for testing the Belarusian army’s operational readiness several Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense units have relocated to designated airfields.