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Azerbaijani Navy exercises live-fire

25 August 2016 11:51 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijani Navy exercises live-fire

By Rashid Shirinov

The Azerbaijani Navy have held another stage of command and staff exercise with live-firing, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on August 24.

The exercises are held on the instruction of Azerbaijani President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev and in accordance with the approved plan of the combat readiness.

The exercises involve about 3,000 servicemen, over 30 warships, boats, up to 20 combat aircrafts, helicopters and more than 20 rocket and artillery installations.

During the main stage of the exercises held on August 24 commanding staff of the Defense Ministry on the command and control ship in the sea range observed the maneuvers and live-firing of forces and means carrying out training tasks.

In the first stage of the exercises carried out with the participation of the Naval Forces, Air Forces, Rocket Forces, Artillery and Special Forces the measures of bringing the Navy into the state of combat readiness, withdrawal of ships and military units in the areas of concentration, and integration and combat coordination were successfully implemented.

Next stage of the exercises involved planning of operations for the protection of energy infrastructure in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea and bringing combat missions into the forces participating in the exercise.

At the last stage combat aircrafts and helicopters of the Air Forces, forces and means of the Rocket Forces and Artillery located along the shoreline and also Special Forces in conjunction with each other carried out training and combat missions to liberate the oil platform and merchant vessel captured by terrorist and sabotage group, as well as the destruction of ships illegally penetrated into the Caspian Sea operational area.

Targets of simulated enemy were destroyed and the tasks have been successfully completed during the main stage of the exercise carried out with combat firings.

Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov highly appreciated the professionalism, level of practical, moral and psychological readiness of military personnel and the readiness of units involved in the exercise.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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