Putin Orders Northern Fleet to Full Alert for Combat Readiness Drills!

• Putin Orders Northern Fleet to Full Alert for Combat Readiness Drills! 
  by http://sputniknews.com/ 
  The exercises of the Russia’s Northern Fleet will be held on land, in sea and air and will run for five days beginning March 16, Defense Minister Shoigu said.
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  MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the order to bring the country’s Northern Fleet to full alert in a snap combat readiness exercise Monday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
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  “The main task of the [combat readiness drill] is to assess the armed forces from the Northern Fleet’s capabilities in fulfilling tasks in providing military security of the Russian Federation in the Arctic region,” Gen. Shoigu said.
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  The Northern Fleet was brought to alert at 8:00 a.m. Moscow time (05:00 GMT) and includes 38,000 military personnel, 3,360 pieces of equipment, 41 ships, 15 submarines, and 110 airplanes and helicopters, Shoigu added.
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