Search This Blog

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

NATO and Russia conduct first joint counter-terrorism exercise


NATO and Russia conduct first joint military exercises. 'Vigilant Skies 2011' is meant to make passenger flights between NATO member states and Russia safer.

The Western military alliance NATO and Russia conducted their first ever joint exercise on Tuesday.

NATO and Russian fighter jets took part in an operation to simulate an attack by a hijacked civilian aircraft, similar to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

Read more

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.