Russia held large-scale joint military exercises with its allies near the Tajik-Afghan border in October after the United States and its allies withdrew troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban swept to power.
"A batch of 30 upgraded T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics will arrive to rearm the 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan on Dec. The base in ex-Soviet Tajikistan, Russia's largest outside its own borders, simulated 10 missile launches against aerial targets as part of the drills, the ministry said. Russian forces on Monday practiced repelling an enemy aerial attack on military facilities using its S-300PS systems, the Interfax news agency cited the Defence Ministry as saying. On 4 May, she put into Kerama Retto to rearm. Israel charged that Palestinian militants used the truce period to rearm. The time has come to begin remembering, and to rearm. The rebels reportedly used the large ransom payments to rearm themselves. The possibility of Islamist militants in Afghanistan infiltrating Tajikistan and other former Soviet republics in Central Asia is a worry for Moscow, which views the region as a defensive buffer to its south. He argued that the extra year gave Britain time to rearm. MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday it was reinforcing its military base in Tajikistan with 30 new tanks and that its forces at the facility had carried out exercises with missile defence systems, highlighting Moscow's concern about turmoil in Afghanistan.
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