The spokesman also said a surface-to-air missile brigade and independent engineering brigade will be added to the Western MD.
Among them are the combined-arms brigade, missile brigades, assault brigades and electronic warfare brigades.
In 1994 the Air Force consisted of 1,300 men organized into one fighter regiment, 1 helicopter squadron, and 1 missile brigade.
Armenian anti-aircraft defense has an anti-aircraft missile brigade and two regiments armed with 100 missile launchers of various models and fixes.
In addition, there is an air defense artillery regiment and a surface-to-air missile brigade.
Ilanovsky, relieved and excited, nodded and issued orders to his aide, charging him with alerting the missile brigades in the south-central Soviet Union.
The first missile brigade was created in 1961.
The SAC comprises approximately 90,000-120,000 personnel and six ballistic missile brigades.
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The six divisions are independently deployed in different military regions and have a total of 15 to 20 missile brigades.