19.09 Russia, NATO to Hold Joint Military Drills in September

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and NATO will hold joint military exercises in late September, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) has reported.

The readiness of the NRCs air traffic monitoring system, the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI), to detect and respond to aircraft hijacking will be tested during live drills dubbed Vigilant Skies, on September 23-27, the council said in a statement posted on its website earlier this month.

The first part of the drills envisions the following scenario: a simulated