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New Tank, Air Defense Units Planned For Western Military District

Source: Tass

February 28 2019

Russia

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has announced plans to establish a tank regiment and a coastal defense missile battalion in the Baltic region, reports Russia's Tass news agency. 

The deployment is part of 142 new organizational changes to be implemented in the Western Military District, he told the ministry's board on Wednesday. 

The formation of a mobile air defense missile regiment in the region will improve coverage for military and government facilities in the Baltic area by 40 percent, he said. 

The ministry also plans to set up two additional regiments in the 20th Army and the Western Military District’s technical missile base and build new barracks for the newly formed 3rd and 144th Motor Rifle Divisions. 

The moves are intended to counter NATO's strengthened military presence in the region, where the alliance has deployed multinational battle groups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, reported the Stars and Stripes

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