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CSTO Adds Drone Defense to Agenda for Autumn Military Exercises, Masadykov Says

From 24.kg · () Russian

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  • The Collective Security Treaty Organisation will include facility protection from drones in the agenda of military exercises held this autumn.
  • Secretary-General Taalatbek Masadykov said the exercises will take place first in Kazakhstan, then Russia and Belarus.
  • The exercises will focus on sharing experience in drone use, drone capabilities and defenses against unmanned aircraft.

Protecting facilities from drones will feature in a series of Collective Security Treaty Organisation exercises scheduled for this autumn, CSTO Secretary-General Taalatbek Masadykov said.

The exercises will begin with “Rubezh-2026” in Kazakhstan in September. Russia will host “Interaction-2026” from late September into early October, followed by “Unbreakable Brotherhood” in Belarus in October.

Masadykov said defense ministries of the organization’s member states had requested that drone protection be added to the agenda. Officials are working through possible ways to share experience in using unmanned aircraft, assessing their capabilities and defending against them.

He said military-industrial complexes in Russia, Belarus and other member states were also working on the issue. “War has changed, the forms of warfare have changed,” Masadykov said, describing drone defense as one of the most relevant current military issues for the CSTO.

War has changed, the forms of warfare have changed

— Taalatbek MasadykovThe CSTO secretary-general explained why member states are updating their military preparations.
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