DUSHANBE, November 11, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- An operation to destroy expired ammunitions was completed on November 10, Captain Dmitry Matushkin, an aide to the commander of the Russian military base in Tajikistan said.

According to him, more than 72 tons of expired ammunition have been destroyed at the Lohour training ground over the past ten days.  “The most experienced servicemen have been involved in this operation,” Matushkin said.

It is a routine exercise and it takes place to destroy ammunitions which cannot be used by the military personnel.  “The process of destruction of the ammunitions took place under the control of representatives from Russia’s Central Military District and Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Dushanbe Garrison,” the aide said.