Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- The united anti-aircraft system member nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) recently launched joint anti-air raid exercises "Militant Friendship-2011" at two firing ranges of Russia and Kazakhstan.

The three-stage training draws some 2 000 soldiers, nearly 50 planes and 25 anti-aircraft units from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Tajikistan.