Russia to expand Telemba military range
By IANSSunday, July 4, 2010
Moscow, July 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The world’s largest Telemba military training ground located in Siberia will be expanded as Russia readies to test its S-400 long-range missile defence system, an official said.
“We currently coordinate transferring of additional… parcels of land to the training ground,” Col. Sergei Kuryshkin, Telemba’s chief, said Saturday, adding that the land is 160 km long and 70 km wide.
Kurryshkin said the training ground would be used for S-400 long-range missile defence system tests as well as for other prospective missile defence systems.
Telemba training ground, whose total area is more than 1.3 million hectares, was established in November 1960. The range is located in the Siberia’s Buryat republic. Not only Russian but also Syrian, Ukrainian and Belarusian armed forces hold drills there.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
