Unit Name: | Collective Rapid Reaction Force |
Country: | Armenia Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan |
Allegiance: | CSTO |
Branch: | Spetsnaz Airborne forces Marine forces |
Type: | Combined arms |
Garrison: | Moscow |
Garrison Label: | Joint Staff |
March: | Solemn march of the CSTO Forces (Торжественный марш Войск ОДКБ)[1] |
The Collective Rapid Reaction Force (Russian: link=no|Коллективные силы оперативного реагирования, КСОР; KSOR) is a joint combined arms task force comprising independent military units from the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states. CRRF was created in 2009 with the general purpose to counter a limited military aggression against CSTO member states, to fight against terrorism and drug trafficking.
The agreement on the creation of the Collective Rapid Reaction Force was signed by the presidents of all CSTO states except Belarus during a summit in Moscow on February 4, 2009. Belarus joined the agreement on October 20 of the same year.
The first joint exercises of CRRF were held in October 2009 at Matybulak firing range in Kazakhstan near the border with China.
According to Russian media, CRRF currently comprises the following units:[2]
The Joint Staff is a permanent working body of the CSTO that is responsible for preparing proposals on the military component of the CSTO, the operations and usage of the CSTO Collective Forces, the preparation of joint operational and combat training activities, military-technical cooperation, coordinating joint training of personnel and specialists for the armed forces of the CSTO member states, as well as organizing the functioning of the CSTO Crisis Response Center.[3]
The Chiefs of the Joint Staff of the CSTO with their concurrent positions in the armed forces:[4]