Over 500 soldiers from 6 countries take part in Tobruq Legacy air defence exercise in Czech

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-11 03:02:13|Editor: MJ
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PRAGUE, July 10 (Xinhua) -- More than 500 soldiers from six countries are taking part in the Tobruq Legacy 2017 international air defense exercise in the Czech Republic, the Czech defense ministry announced Monday.

The soldiers are from the Czech Republic, Britain, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and the United States.

The Tobruq Legacy 2017 began in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Romania on Monday, and 1,700 soldiers from 10 countries will take part in it, said the ministry.

The exercise will last until July 23.

Latvian, Polish, Romanian and Slovene troops will take part in the Lithuanian and Romanian exercise.

The main objective of Tobruq Legacy 2017 is to practice the coordination and cooperation of units from different countries in joint ground air defense within one group. The exercise is to culminate with combat firing with short-range air defense systems.

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