January 29, 2017 | 21:40 (GMT+7)
Air defense posture enhanced during Tet holidays
PANO - The army's management board for air defense has just launched a live-fire and tactical exercise for Southern units at the National Shooting Range TB-3 (Region 3).
The exercise aims to evaluate the overall task performance of 34 antiaircraft batteries representing the military regions 5, 7 and 9 and military corps of 3 and 4 and the Navy.
Participants underwent combat missions through three stages, including weapon management, troops mobilization, operation and fighting at daytime and nighttime. Finally, participating units decimated all mock-up targets with absolute safety for troops and weapons.
Reporter of the People's Army Newspaper would like to introduce some images of the exercise.
Observing the exercise from the exercise's commanding headquarters
Militiamen moving to the battlefield
The commanding board assigning missions to participating units
37mm antiaircraft battery taking down targets at night
...and in daytime
Translated by Trung Thanh