Editor's Foreword

Table 38 Selected training activity 2009
Country comparisons
Date Title location aim Principal Participants/remarks
russia and Collective Security Treaty Organisation
mid-January TURRUS-2009 Mediterranean Incl SAR and RAS trg RUS 1 CV, 1 AT; TUR 1 FFG, 3 PFM
17–20 April n.k. TJK SCO CT coordination ex PRC; KAZ; KGZ; RUS; TJK; UZB
19–22 May n.k. RUS (Noginsk) HADR RUS; PRC; KAZ; TJK (IND, PAK, IRN, MNG to
obs)
29 June–06 July CAUCASUS 2009 RUS North-Caucasus MD joint trg ex Total over 8,500 pers, 200 tk, 450 AV, 250 arty
22–26 July PEACE MISSION
2009
RUS; PRC CT PRC; RUS. 1,300 pers each
10 August–28 LADOGA 2009 RUS (Kola Sea/land ex to test C2 reorg RUS: Siberian MD, Northern Fleet, Baltic Fleet
September
Peninsula)
(60,000 pers)
25–28 August ZAPAD-2009
(WEST-2009)-1
BLR Test CSTO's new Collective
Operational Reaction Forces
459
RF: Moscow MD, Army, Air Force, AD Forces,
AB Tps, Baltic Fleet naval task forces (est
5,000 pers); BLR est 7,000 pers; KAZ: 30 pers.
Total of 228 MBT, 470 IFV, 228 arty, 63 ac, est
40 hel. Obs from LVA, LIB, LTU, POL, UKR
KAZ 6,000 pers; RUS; ARM; BLR; KGZ; TJK.
Total over 6,000 pers, 200 veh, 60 ac & hel
RUS; CSTO nations
26 August–24 INTERACTION RUS (Moscow); CSTO rapid response ex for pol/
October
2009-1
KAZ (Astana) mil/environmental crises
29 August–19 n.k. RUS Prepare CRDF for conventional
October
mil threats
September INTERACTION
2009-2
BLR; KAZ (various) FTX, AT and SF trg RUS; KAZ; BLR; KGZ; TJK. 1,600 pers total
18–29 September ZAPAD-2009 BLR AD trg esp integrated BLR/RUS RUS: Moscow MD, Army, Air Force, AD forces,
(WEST-2009)-2
AD systems
AB Tps, Baltic Fleet naval task forces (est
5,000 pers ); BLR est 7,000 pers; KAZ 30 pers.
Total 228 MBT, 470 IFVs, 228 tk, 234 arty, 63
ac, over 40 hel. Obs from LVA
02–15 October INTERACTION KAZ (Matybulak) Practice CRRF deployment in KAZ; RUS; KGZ; TJK. Est 7,000 pers total
2009-3
crisis situations in CSTO territory
Middle east and north africa
19 Feb–17 March FRIENDSHIP ONE SAU Enhance manouevre and logs
coord
28 March–7 April EASTERN
MAVERICK 2009
QTR Enhance bilateral cooperation;
incl small unit veh trg, pilot trg
and live fire ex
SAU; US
QTR; US, incl elm 13 MEU
16–25 April BLUE TOREADOR Arabian Sea ASW & MSO trg UK: 2 FFG, 1 LPH, 1 SSN, 1 AORH, 250 pers
(part of Taurus 09 deployment) US: DDG
05–15 April PERLE DE L'OUEST
2009
KWT Joint force and CJTF HQ trg FRA 1,000 pers; KWT 1,300 pers
19 April LION'S ROAR South IRQ Ground forces FTX IRQ (10th Army Div); US (4th HBCT, 1st Cav
Div; 41st Fires Bde; elm USAF)
28 April–04 June AFRICAN LION MOR (Tifnit) Trg incl comms, C2, PKO, medical MOR: 650 pers, incl F-5, C-130 US: 650 pers
2009
and avn ops
incl USMC, KC-130
04–06 May EAGLE RESOLVE QTR Enhance mil-mil coop & prepare US; QTR; other GCC states
2009
for various mil contingencies incl
HADR
28–29 July REGIONAL
INTERACTION, KEY
TO A SAFE AND A
CLEAN CASPIAN
SEA
Caspian Sea MSOEX and MARPOL EX IRN; RUS. Over 30 vessels, 2 hel
10–18 September BLUE PEACE Arabian Sea (off Anti-piracy & ship-boarding trg RUS: 1 DDG, 1 AT; PRC: 2 FFG. 2 other ships,
SHIELD 2009 Somalia)
SF contingent
27 September THE GREAT
PROPHET IV
IRN Test new missile capabilities IRN: IRGC forces, msl incl Shahab-3 and Sajjil
10–20 October BRIGHT STAR 09-2 EGY Jonit trg ex between EGY & EGY 2 LCU; GER; KWT; PAK; US: 1 LHD, 1 LPD,
coalition forces. Incl naval, amph
aslt, AB and C2 trg
1 LSD, 22 MEU, 12 ac, over 2,200 pers
21 October–5 JUNIPER COBRA ISR (Sinai) BMD ex to test interoperability ISR; US: incl over 1,000 pers and 1 DDG
November
of Arrow 2, PAC variants, THAAD,
Aegis & X-band radar systems.