Ocean Shield Drills to Be Held on Permanent Basis - Russian Defense Minister
Russia's large-scale Ocean Shield exercises involving vessels and aircraft will be held on a permanent basis, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a conference call Friday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd November, 2018) Russia's large-scale Ocean Shield exercises involving vessels and aircraft will be held on a permanent basis, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a conference call Friday.
The Ocean Shield exercises were held in the Mediterranean in 2018 for the first time in Russia's modern history.
"Such exercises will be conducted on a permanent basis," Shoigu said.