Posted on 09/09/2005 6:53:58 PM PDT by GarySpFc
Russia, U.S. to conduct joint military exercise next year (in Moscow!)
MOSCOW, September 9, (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Land Forces and the U.S. Army will conduct a joint military exercise in the Moscow military district in 2006, a Land Forces spokesman said Friday.
The official said the preparation and active phase of the exercise would be discussed during the September 11-13 visit of a U.S. military delegation headed by Commander of United States Army, Europe (USAREUR) General B.B. Bell to Moscow.
During the visit, General Bell will meet with Commander of the Russian Land Forces Colonel General Alexei Maslov to discuss the exercise and future cooperation between the Russian Land Forces and the USAREUR.
Bell will also visit headquarters of the Moscow and Leningrad military districts and the War History Museum of Armored Vehicles and Equipment in Kubinka near Moscow.
The general's wife will visit a secondary school attended by Russian officers' children and meet with the wives of the officers from the Moscow military district.
The cultural program of the visit includes sightseeing tours of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Putin seems a little creepy to me... don't trust his motives.
I've been there. The displays aren't as neat as the Patton Museum at Ft. Knox but there is a lot more equipment and a lot more interesting stuff. From what I was told, if you've got the money, you can rent a T-55 or T-72 to drive around a course.
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