Ministry of National Defence
Press release No. 176 25.05.2009
NAVAL EXERCISE IN THE BLACK SEA

From May 25 to 29, 15 military ships, two helicopters of the Navy and an aircraft of the Air Force participate in the Exercise VECTORUL 09.
During the exercise antiship missiles will be launched from a ship and from a mobile launching installation on nthe shore.
The fregates, corvettes, mine sweepers and torpedo ships involoved in the exercise would fire onboard artillery weapons and anti-submarine bombs.
The security area will be ensured by 13 ships of the Navy during the missile launching. The air surveillance will be ensured, for the first time, by Puma Naval helicopters of the Navy Helicopter Group.
Images (still and video) will be available after May 26, courtesy of the Navy Media Group, POC CAPT Mihai Egorov, tel 0722 438240.

MoND Press Office