Azerbaijani Naval Team Ranks First In Int'l Sea Cup Contest
Date
8/17/2022 5:12:33 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
The Azerbaijani seamen have ranked first in the international
Sea Cup contest, Azernews reports, citing the Defense Ministry.
The Azerbaijani, Iranian, Kazakh, and Russian teams completed a
fire task at a floating mine at the military training ground during
the Sea Cup contest as part of the International Army
Games-2022.
According to the rules of the drill, the seamen used a total of
16 shots to destroy a mine target floating at a predetermined
distance from the moving ships. The Azerbaijani military completed
the prescribed mission effectively.
The Azerbaijani and Russian teams with identical points shared
the first place based on target destruction results and ship
departure time from the training range. The Kazakh team ranked
second while the Iranian team came third.
In the same vein, the preparation of teams for the first stage
of the Sniper Frontier tournament, which will be conducted as part
of the International Army Games-2022 in Iran's Yazd city, is
underway, the ministry said in a separate report.
The Azerbaijani personnel participating in the competition
zeroed the entrusted weapons and brought them into a combat state,
as well as performed adjustment fire to attain shooting accuracy.
The team effectively carried out the adjustment fire, the ministry
underlined.
In a separate report, the defense department said that an expert
group, comprised of Iran's armed forces representatives, has
visited Azerbaijan's liberated, lands under the auspices of the
Defense Ministry, Azernews reports.
The delegation also paid visits to Barda and Tartar districts,
which were subjected to rocket and heavy artillery bombardment by
Armenia during the 44-day war in 2020.
The visit, which includes personnel from Iran's embassy in
Azerbaijan, will go through August 20.
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