This was stated by Minister of Defense Yuri Zhadobin. West 2013 will involve domestic unmanned aerial vehicles, new communication systems and navigation systems as well as modernized test weapons. The exercise will be held at 6 ranges in Belarus and in the Kaliningrad region of Russia. 13,000 military men from the neighboring countries as well as from Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will take part in the exercise. According to Yuri Zhadobin, the military maneuvers will be defensive in nature, which confirms the course on strengthening regional security.













