Air defense troops join live-fire exercise

The air defense troops from military regions, the Naval Service, army corps, and border units took part in the three-day exercise.

After the opening ceremony, participants competed in several contents such as “air defense artillery batteries practicing shooting at fixed targets in daytime,” “12.7mm machine gun platoons shooting low-altitude aircraft at night,” and “anti-aircraft artillery company practicing night shooting.”

The People’s Army Newspaper would like to introduce some images of the event.

Major General Nguyen Manh Khai, Head of the Department of Army Air Defense and Whole-military Air Defense Vice Chief, delivers a speech at the exercise.

Participating troops compete in the category of “air defense artillery batteries practicing shooting at fixed targets in daytime.”

A 37mm artillery battery of Air Defense Brigade 210 practices shooting low-altitude aircraft.

Moving artillery batteries to the battlefield

Translated by Trung Thanh