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A Sukhoi 27 fighter jet in the Southern Military district on Air Defense Alert scrambled from the deployment air base in Crimea and hit fake targets during the "Kavkaz-2016" field and CP exercise. Maximum quality available (a screenshot from a video posted by the Russian Defense Ministry on its official YouTube channel).
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Crimea, Russia
- Event date: 07.09.2016
- Date published: 08.09.2016
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Defence Ministry
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1280x720px, 126.3Kb