State Border Service held large-scale tactical exercises

State Border Service held large-scale tactical exercises
The State Border Service held large-scale tactical exercises on the Caspian Sea.

The exercises, which started on April 12, have finished today. The patrol ships of the State Border Service’s Coast Guard, high speed powerboats, as well as helicopters and fire vessels were involved in the tactical exercises "Security of oil and gas regions, export pipelines in the islands situated in Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, ensuring security of oil and gas platforms in case of threat and carrying out rescue operations".

The exercises, which started with examination of forces and means by State Border Service Chief, Lieutenant-General Elchin Guliyev, were held in 3 stages. Nine tactical episodes were successfully realized in the exercises. After the episode of transition of oil and gas platforms and export pipelines from daily security conditions into special one by the Coast Guard and Aviation Group forces, the maneuver enemy’s "terrorist and subversive group" was rendered harmless. The maneuver enemy was destroyed by Igla surface-to-air missile system. Then the helicopters and vessels searched the territory in the certain region, provocative submarine group of the maneuver enemy was found and destroyed.

In the other episodes, stopping irresponsive and moving on ship, landing of search team in detained ship, carrying out search by special trained dogs and search equipments, determining components of the destruction weapons, explosive and narcotic substances were successfully fulfilled.

Ships and helicopters of the Ministry of Emergency prevented the fire attempt in the detained ship. Wounded and sinking people were rescued and evacuated.

Anti-aircraft artillery, large-caliber machine-guns and various missiles were used in the exercise.

21 ships, 20 fast launches and boats and 8 helicopters were involved to the tactical exercises where totally 1200 military servicemen participated.

High battle training was demonstrated in the exercises.

Assigned missions including improvement of the experience, exchange of information and formation of mutual relation between the agencies for mutual management of the border security and emergency forces during ensuring security of oil-gas field and submarine pipelines and rescue operation in the Azerbaijani Sector of the Caspian Sea were fully carried out.

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