Lithuanian polygon Pabrade on Wednesday morning launched a two-day field exercises with live tank firing stationed in the Republic of units of the army of the United States, said in the Ministry of defence of the Baltic Republic.
to the landfill American division with their place of permanent deployment in Lithuania in the military town of Rukla was marching forward March. Five tanks " Abrams ", the crews of which would be expected to be the shooting, to the place of the teachings were brought by rail, reports the news Agency.
remember, from mid-March in Lithuania hosts a company of American Marines, and about 20 units of various military equipment, as well as among them Abrams Tanks. In this contingent, deployed in Lithuania from places of permanent deployment at Fort Stewart (USA) and Fileset (Germany), consists of about 150 soldiers. Abrams tanks are the most powerful war machines with which the allies arrived in Lithuania. Until now this technique were infantry fighting vehicles Bradley. Just since April of last year in the Baltic Republic in a few months with the task of conducting common exercises with Lithuanian military and demonstrate the joint presence of NATO allies visited six shifts of the American contingent. We emphasize that the division of the military might of Estonia on the first day of the week also started tactical maneuvers with the participation of the U.S. air force. In addition, at the end of March from Estonia began a March U.S. military branches in Germany. In the process of the March with the name "Dragoon check out" length of 1 700 thousand kilometers connected to military units, based in the Baltic States and Poland. Along the way you stop with a demonstration of military equipment for the inhabitants of the countries through which the troops have passed. Prior to that, in connection with the situation around Ukraine, NATO has adopted a number of measures that the Alliance explains the need to ensure the security of the allies. So, were strengthened mission air patrol in the Baltic countries, the aircraft with radar equipment make regular flights over Poland and Romania, introduced additional NATO ships in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.


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