България: Многонационално учение на НАТО в "Ново село"

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) conducted multinational military drills at the Novo Selo Training area in central Bulgaria, Friday. The training excercises marked the final stages of the Platinum Lion 16-1 security cooperation which involves U.S. Marine Corps training alongside partner nations from the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions. Alongside US military personnel were Bulgarian and Romanian infantry. Drills included offensive operations, maneuver training and mechanised integration aimed at increasing the collective-combined skills in handling weapons and tactics. Training exercises have lasted for 10 days and have involved 200 troops from the US Marine Corps, 200 Bulgarian troops from Karlovo Formation 34-750, the "Military Police" and MMA (Military Medical Academy) and also 35 soldiers from the Army of Romania. During the training drills M-1 Abrams tanks were used, accompanied by Striker armored vehicles and other military and auxiliary equipment.