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Sri Lanka army on Wednesday launched a massive training exercise in the eastern part of the country involving 40 foreign military participants and observers, including China and India, an official said here.
Separate Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force contingents with more than 25 fast attack craft and 25 pilots, in addition to their ground forces, joined Commandos and Special Forces of the Army in the mock "Exercise - Cormorant Strike IV 2013."
Brigadier Piyal Wickramaratne, director of the 15-day training operations, told media that 2,698 tri-service personnel, together with 40 foreign military participants and observers from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Pakistan and Nepal will participate in the event.
"This mock Field Training Exercise (FTX), organized by the Army for the fourth consecutive year in collaborations with Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force was designed for deployment of their troops in a war milieu of Special Operations and planned for conduct of joint operations as one team," Brigadier Wickramaratne said.
The 15-day long Exercise with Army Commando (CR) Regiment and Special Forces (SF) Regiment troops, integrated with Navy and Air Force Special Forces, aims to enhance special operation capabilities and maintain combat readiness at all levels.
It also focuses on planning, preparations, formulations, coordination, command, control, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP), execution of Special Operations within given frameworks and is organized by Army Directorate of Training.
The multi-national land force leading this Exercise incorporates a wide range of new security dimensions and highlights the significance of sustaining regional security perspective and other possible peripheral threat issues, Brigadier Wickramaratne added.
Chinese observers to participate massive Sri Lanka army training operation - People's Daily Online
Separate Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force contingents with more than 25 fast attack craft and 25 pilots, in addition to their ground forces, joined Commandos and Special Forces of the Army in the mock "Exercise - Cormorant Strike IV 2013."
Brigadier Piyal Wickramaratne, director of the 15-day training operations, told media that 2,698 tri-service personnel, together with 40 foreign military participants and observers from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Pakistan and Nepal will participate in the event.
"This mock Field Training Exercise (FTX), organized by the Army for the fourth consecutive year in collaborations with Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force was designed for deployment of their troops in a war milieu of Special Operations and planned for conduct of joint operations as one team," Brigadier Wickramaratne said.
The 15-day long Exercise with Army Commando (CR) Regiment and Special Forces (SF) Regiment troops, integrated with Navy and Air Force Special Forces, aims to enhance special operation capabilities and maintain combat readiness at all levels.
It also focuses on planning, preparations, formulations, coordination, command, control, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP), execution of Special Operations within given frameworks and is organized by Army Directorate of Training.
The multi-national land force leading this Exercise incorporates a wide range of new security dimensions and highlights the significance of sustaining regional security perspective and other possible peripheral threat issues, Brigadier Wickramaratne added.
Chinese observers to participate massive Sri Lanka army training operation - People's Daily Online
