Egypt and Sudan are conducting a joint military exercise codenamed ‘Guardians of the Nile’ to strengthen their combat readiness, as well as guarantee security and stability in the region.
Military sources in Egypt say the exercise which brought their land, naval and air forces together is aimed at promoting military cooperation between the two countries, exchange relevant expertise, and boost joint action between their Armed Forces.
“The training ensured a series of theory and practical lectures to unify combat concepts, share training experiences and implement common outlook on different goals, and special forces elements of thunderbolt and umbrellas involved in training carried out a number of stereotypical and non-stereotypical shootings Which reflected the level of convergence in combat training methods and precision in dealing with targets from different shooting situations, and the parachute forces carried out a number of free jumping training,” said Egyptian Military announced on their Facebook Page.
It added that during the training, “it has emerged how much the elements involved have in carrying out tasks, reflecting the extent to which the armed forces have on both sides, and the ability to work jointly to support security and stability efforts in the region.”
In April, the Egyptian Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid and his Sudanese counterpart Mohamed Othman al-Hussein participated in the final phase of joint air exercises “Nile Eagles 2” held in Sudan.
The day began by displaying the activities carried out by Egyptian and Sudanese air forces and Special Forces elements since March 31.
Later on, a number of multirole fighter jets were prepared, and took off to mimic accomplishing missions of interception and defence. That is in addition to attack operations against targets in the depth, and in defence of vital targets. Equally, Special Forces carried out a simulation of storming terrorist hideouts.
