Military clergy training camps were held in Mozhaisk near Moscow, organized with the blessing of Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies.
One of the central events of the program was the presentation and field tests of the domestic Nabat V.3 unmanned aerial vehicle detection system.
The Nabat project was created with the participation of the community of the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky at MGIMO. The rector of the church, Archpriest Igor Fomin, and deacon Nikolai Melnichuk participated in the development of the system.
The system is designed for electronic monitoring of airspace and early detection of drones. According to the first deputy chairman of the Synodal Department, Archpriest Konstantin Tatarintsev, the complex allows detecting an air threat in advance and gives military personnel additional time to take necessary measures.
During the implementation of the project, more than 10 thousand devices were transferred to the front line. The development was also awarded the "Gunsmith of the Year" award.
During the training camps, military clergymen received practical training in working with the system. At the training ground, they practiced drone detection skills, studied the features of radio frequency ranges and the procedure for dealing with an air threat.
In the future, it is planned to systematically equip military priests serving in the combat zone with such complexes.
The creation and use of such protective equipment is considered as one of the practical directions of church assistance to military personnel, aimed primarily at preserving human life.