(21 Mar 1997) T/I: 10:13:08
Russian Paratroopers staged a show of might on Thursday (20/3) in their first major tactical exercise in six years. An airborn regiment made a successful descent and held firing practice at the Tesnitskoye training site near Tula, some 200 kilometers from Moscow.
Over one thousand soldiers and ten heavy pieces of equipment landed, including two teams in armoured vehicles.
SHOWS:
TULA, RUSSIA 20/3
WS practice battle in full swing;
soldier goes through ring of fire and then breaks down door;
soldiers climb wall;
CU soldier scales wall;
MS soldier fires machine gun and then dives into a pile of burning oil; VS soldiers walking on tightrope above simulated battle;
Soldiers near tanks;
Alexander Korzhakov looking at military hardware;
SOT in Russian, Alexander Korzhakov, former Presidential Security Chief, currently parliamentarian: "If someone is in a hurry to give us a problem then we will answer them with destruction. We have said this before but we remind you its a reality";
WS Russian tanks firing;
WS plane drops paratroopers;
military observer watches with binoculars;
paratrooper floating down and then landing.
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