俄在天山北麓首次发射战术导弹

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(1) 白桦, 天山山麓首次发射战术导弹 俄在中亚更多军演被怀疑剑指中美. VOA Chinese, Oct 10, 2018.
https://www.voachinese.com/a/new ... 181010/4607696.html

Note:
(a) "俄罗斯领导下的独联体集体安全防务条约组织军队10月10日开始了为期4天的联合军演。这个名叫 '协同动作-2018 [Interaction-2018]' 的军演有6个独联体国家参加，人数为1600人 * * * 这次军演的地点在吉尔吉斯境内的 '火绒草' 演习场，当地位于著名的伊塞克湖畔，巴雷克奇市郊外，在天山 [Tian Shan, elevation 7,439 m] 山麓的北侧。巴雷克奇市与新疆阿克苏的直线距离仅有300多公里，两地仅被天山山脉分隔。"
(i) edelweiss (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss_(disambiguation)
(is a European mountain flower)

German-English dictionary:
* edel (adj): "noble"  (American surname Edelman, from German surname Edelmann, comes from this root.)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/edel
* weiß (adj): "white" (White in English and weiß are cognates, sharing the same Proto-Germanic ancestor hwītaz.)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weiß
(ii) For 巴雷克奇市, see Balykchy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balykchy
(a town; population was 42,875 in 2009)
(iii) Aksu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksu
("Turkic: 'white water;' "   may refer to "Aksu, Xinjiang, the capital of Aksu Prefecture" 新疆维吾尔自治区阿克苏地区 阿克苏市)

(b) "就在这次军演前10多天，俄罗斯与吉尔吉斯两国军队刚刚结束了名叫 '伊塞克-2018' 的反恐演习。这次反恐演习同样以独联体集体安全防务条约的名义举行。演习从9月初开始，一直持续到9月末。 * * * [In that drill] 俄罗斯今年首次把 '伊斯康德尔' 战术导弹从乌拉尔地区空运到了吉尔吉斯。俄军中部军区发布的消息说，在 '火绒草' 演习场发射的 '伊斯康德尔' 战术导弹成功命中目标。  '伊斯康德尔' 能携带包括核弹头在内的多种弹头，导弹发射后变换轨迹因此极难拦截。虽然受美苏中短程导弹条约限制，这种导弹的射程不超过500公里"
(i)
(A) Russia's Iskander-M Missile Systems Deployed in Kyrgyzstan for Drills. TASS, Sept 19, 2018
http://tass.com/defense/1022242
(Issyk-Kul Antiterror-2018; "Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), scheduled to take place on September 24-24 at the Edelweiss training center in Kyrgyzstan
(B) Issyk-Kul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issyk-Kul (a lake -- compare Issyk-Kul Region; table: Surface elevation 1,607 metres (5,272 ft) )
(ii) "这次反恐演习同样以独联体集体安全防务条约的名义举行"

Collective Security Treaty Organization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co ... Treaty_Organization
, which is English name (acronym: CSTO) with Russian name and corresponding acronym ODKB)
(iii)
(A) 9K720 Iskander
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K720_Iskander
(short-range ballistic missile; [SRBM; definition: range < 1,000km] In service 2006–present)
(B) Iskandar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandar

(2) 边境阅兵秀重器 俄继续在俄中边境大量部署攻击导弹. VOA Chinese, May 9, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/new ... 180509/4386426.html
("在5月9日的二战胜利日纪念活动中 * * * 在离中国边境不远的俄罗斯后贝加尔边疆区首府赤塔市，今年当地的阅兵活动中俄罗斯首次展示了能携带核弹头的“伊斯康德尔”式战术导弹系统。4辆导弹发射车同其他武器装备一起开过了赤塔市中心的列宁广场。  赤塔是俄军在西伯利亚东部和远东地区主力部队第29军军部所在地")

Note: Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chita,_Zabaykalsky_Krai