Unity and discipline. Belarus has created a system of state defence

The President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has visited the 230th Obuz-Lesnovsky Combined Arms Training Range during his working trip to Brest Region. The Head of State was briefed on development prospects of unmanned aircraft of the Armed Forces taking into account today's armed conflicts. The discussion also focused on the development of electronic warfare to counter unmanned aircraft.

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According to the Head of State, modern warfare is a war of drones. “We can all see now that drones have ushered in a new era of warfare. Drones can already chase down individual soldiers,” the President said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko added that drone drills should replicate real combat situations, “Everything should be close to real-life scenarios. There should be no showing off. I do not need it.”
The Head of State emphasised the need to focus on domestic components in the production of drones. “We should make our own products. We need to have everything domestically made,” the President pointed out. “We need to decide what we should produce first and where we should supply it,” the Belarusian leader remarked.
More than 30 domestically produced military products were showcased by 13 organisations of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus and six enterprises of the country’s defence sector. The major focus of the display was on domestic unmanned aerial systems. 

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Lukashenko: we need to prepare for war — God grant this war does not happen

“There is a well-known formula: if you want peace, prepare for war. I want to reiterate — although we do not have to justify ourselves to anyone — that we are not going to fight and we do not want to fight. All this has already been said. They are listening to this, but our opponents, our rivals, those who are preparing to fight against us, are still doing their job. Therefore, we need to prepare for war — and God grant that this war does not happen,” the Head of State noted.
At the same time, Aleksandr Lukashenko explained that no matter how acute the situation around Belarus is, there is still no tendency to unleash a war against us. However, having seen the examples of modern armed conflicts, including in Ukraine, we have already modernised our Armed Forces four times and are now carrying out the fifth modernisation. The Head of State pointed out the main directions in which it is being conducted.
First of all, this is unmanned aircraft. During the practical demonstration, the thesis was voiced that UAVs are a new and important element of modern warfare, but this does not negate the thesis that a territory belongs to the side whose soldiers are standing on it. In this regard drones are extremely important as an element of defence or offensive, infantry support. “We have always believed and believe that the current war is impossible without drones. Therefore, drones are a serious innovation. Probably, the use of UAVs will not turn back the war — if it suddenly happens — but this technology will significantly affect the course of military operations. Drones are a serious issue. According to the military, this is very effective and profitable from the point of view of war. The warring parties do not spare drones in order to hunt down a person, because it is cheaper than training a soldier,” the Commander-in-Chief stressed.
Along with that, Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasised that in case of war, our troops will also be attacked by drones, so it is necessary to build effective protection against them by developing electronic warfare systems. “We have known this for a long time. We are good in this issue, and during the times of the USSR we also stayed ahead [in the development of electronic warfare systems]. It is very useful now. Therefore, we must and can create the most modern suppression systems for UAVs and not only them. A lot has been done, but more still needs to be done,” the President stressed.
Counter-battery warfare is the third most important element of modern combat. “We, the military, have a new term and not only this. A new process has appeared: counter-battery warfare. For example, you are attacked by artillery, you must immediately indicate the co-ordinates from where you were attacked, and respond. It must be done quickly, but for this it is necessary to have the appropriate systems,” the Head of State clarified.
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, a number of other aspects are also important, which must be taken into account when improving the army. Summarising this task, the Commander-in-Chief noted that it was necessary to develop new types of weapons and systems to counter them yesterday, “We have something. You have shown it. We have enough for today — for peacetime — in order to train people. Yet, we are preparing in case of war, and in wartime ten times more than what we have seen today is required.”

DETAILS

The practical event began with a demonstration of the use of standard domestic high-explosive fragmentation ammunition weighing from 500g to 2kg both by being dropped from UAVs and delivered to the target by FPV drones. The practical work on the conditional goals of the domestically produced unmanned aviation complexes Kvadro-M, Chekan V, Mirotvorets and Lovchy continued the show. All of them successfully completed the tasks in full accordance with their tactical and technical characteristics.
During the practical episode dealing with the integrated combat use of counter-drone weapons, the Head of State had a chance to see the Zvonok and Fumigator products at work. These enabled the military personnel to timely identify and prevent attacks by enemy UAVs on an assault group and an ambulance. Additionally, viewers could observe the suppression of the control channel of a spy plane by the electronic warfare station R-936 (Aero).
The practical demonstration continued with a tactical episode aiming to repel an armed breakthrough through the state border. To organise an ambush in the direction of a possible exit of the sabotage and reconnaissance group, a platoon was sent on the V2 armoured personnel carrier equipped with a remotely controlled combat module ADUNOK-BM30.2, developed by the Display Design Office JSC. The module’s main armament is a 30mm 2A42 automatic cannon and a 7.62mm Kalashnikov tank-mounted machine gun (PKT) paired with it. A distinctive feature of this module — compared to the previous version of the ADUNOK-BM30 — is the presence of an additional type of weapon in the form of the KONKURS-RB anti-tank missile system with guides for two anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) of type 9M113 and 9M113M. This module is also equipped with a 902B smoke-screen laying system.
After the sabotage and reconnaissance group was identified, it was defeated from the armament of the V2 armoured personnel carrier and Belarus-made Sapphire grenade launcher complex, developed by the Belspetsvneshtechnika enterprise. 
The peculiarities of the complex include two modes of operation: ‘contact’ and ‘trajectory’ (undermining the warhead on the flight path of the product at a set range), as well as the ability to fire a cluster of up to four products to increase the density of fire. The practical work of the BM-21-B Belgrad-2 MLRS rocket artillery battery, developed by the 2566 Radioelectronic Armament Repair Plant JSC, which was adjusted using the Berkut unmanned aviation complex, completed the show.

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New military unit of contract enlistees to be created

It has been decided to create a new military unit in Belarus, which will be composed of citizens who have already served in the army and are now ready to join it on a contractual basis, as stated by President Aleksandr Lukashenko during his visit to the 230th Obuz-Lesnovsky Combined Arms Training Range.
The Head of State, in particular, noted, “Looking for good specialists, we have decided to create one more division. It will comprise smart, intelligent, experienced and strong men who have once served in the army or in some units and who are now ready to join on a contractual basis.”

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