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Sea Shield 17 multinational exercise to reunite 2,800 militaries from several states

January 31, 2017

The militaries with the Naval Forces will participate, February 1 through 10, in the multinational exercise Sea Shield 17 in which NATO standard procedures of battle against air, underwater and terrestrial threats will be tested, informs a press release of the Romanian Naval Forces (SMFN). According to the source, Sea Shield 17 will reunite 2,800 […]

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