Kazakh Navy starts exercise in Caspian Sea
The Kazakh Navy hold an exercise 'Shagala 2013' on protection of
oil and gas facilities in the Caspian Sea, the Kazakh Defense
Ministry reported.
As a part of the exercise, the Kazakh naval forces must protect and
defend strategic facilities, artificial islands and oil and gas
facilities in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea.
They will work on strengthening of the state border, protection
and defense of vessels and ships at the sea and conduct live fire
drills with weapons of new Kazakh rocket-artillery ships
'Kazakhstan' and 'Oral'.
The exercises will last for three days.