Bang Bang Club: Russia, China Team Up For 'Tsentr 2019' War Games
Bang Bang Club: Russia, China Team Up For 'Tsentr 2019' War Games
Kremlin-led military exercises are under way that simulate a large-scale invasion of a rogue state.

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Snipers in ghillie suits during the exercises in Tajikistan.

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A helicopter gunship hammers a hillside near Dushanbe, Tajikistan, during the Tsentr 2019 military exercises that run from September 16-21.

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Armored vehicles grind through a Kazakh desert on September 16. The war games will involve troops from Russia, China, India, and Pakistan, along with the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

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Russian troops rappel out of an armed transport helicopter in western Russia.