Noble Partner: Anti-tank exercises in action
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Georgian and American soldiers are today practicing anti-tank exercises at Vaziani military base just outside Tbilisi.
The exercises were part of the Noble Partner drills, the largest-ever joint military drills between Georgian and NATO forces, which launched on May 11.
Photo by Georgia's Ministry of Defence
Georgian and United States (US) servicemen performed live-fire exercises with portable anti-tank weapons systems. American soldiers watched their Georgian comrades fire SPG-9's after which Georgian soldiers watched their American comrades fire AT-4's.
Photo by Georgia's Ministry of Defence
The Noble Partner 2016 are two-week drills which feature 500 Georgian, 650 US and 150 British service members, as well as US military vehicles that had never been used in any kind of Georgia-based activities before.
At the opening ceremony the military drills were regarded as one of the most important occasions in Georgia-NATO relations.
The largest-ever joint military drills between Georgia and NATO have officially launched on Georgian soil. The Noble Partner exercises opened at the Vaziani military air base just outside capital Tbilisi today with a novel display involving military vehicles parachuting out of planes.
"Georgia is an independent and sovereign state, which has the right to hold any kind of training on its territory,” Georgia’s Foreign Ministry says.
Russia is dissatisfied that Georgia and the United States (US) are getting ready to conduct joint military exercises in Georgia.
Heavy military equipment from the United States (US) Army has arrived in Georgia and is ready to be used in a two-week joint US-Georgia military exercise.
The Georgian-American military drills for special operations forces have officially closed in Georgia's capital Tbilisi today.
Georgia will host the largest edition of the annual Noble Partner defence exercise with its European and regional partners later this year with troops from 11 countries joining forces for the training.