Turkish navy holds largest military exercise

Turkish navy holds largest military exercise

Turkey's Naval Forces launched its largest military exercise called Sea Wolf (Denizkurdu) 2019 simultaneously in three seas today.

The exercise, supervised by the Turkish navy, will run through May 25 in the eastern Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Sea with 131 warships, 57 warplanes and 33 helicopters, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement. Almost 26,000 military personnel is taking part in the exercise.

Turkish Naval Forces will carry out strategic and operational exercise with scenarios similar to crisis-tension situations and wartime, Daily Sabah reported.

The exercise aims to boost the Turkish Navy's units and capacity and will involve the use of domestically produced arms systems and other systems.

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