Turkish Navy holds large-scale drill with 125 vessels
The Turkish Navy has launched a large-scale military exercise involving 125 warships and 18,000 personnel, aimed at enhancing the deterrence capabilities of the Turkish Armed Forces across surrounding seas.
Spanning a vast operational area covering the Black Sea, the Marmara Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, the exercise, which began on June 4, is set to feature several historic firsts for the navy.
During the Observer Day, scheduled to take place off the coast of the Mediterranean province of Antalya, eight guided missiles and one heavyweight torpedo will be fired in succession for the first time in Turkish naval history.
In the highly realistic live-fire drills, four decommissioned warships will serve as actual targets.
