Defense Minister Shoigu: more than 90% of Russian military pilots have combat experience 400 sorties. This number was named by the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu, who is quoted by TASS.
The head of the department noted that the Russian army currently has a very high morale.
Moreover, all commanders of all levels , commanders of regiments, brigades, divisions, armies, commanders of districts, chiefs of staff, up to the commanders of battalions went through the operation in Syria, Shoigu stressed.
In his opinion, it is necessary to plan what weapons will be required in the coming years, how many cadets need to be admitted to higher educational institutions for the operation of this weapon. “If seven years ago we had a shortage of flight personnel of almost 1.4 thousand pilots, today, of course, the army is completely different, and the industry is completely different,” the Russian minister explained.
Earlier, Shoigu said that the military threat and pressure from Western states forced Russia and Belarus to seek retaliatory measures, one of which was the new Military Doctrine of the Union State.