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PLATINUM LION 16-3 military training begins in Novo Selo training ground

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The multinational joint military training PLATINUM LION 16-3, part of the BLACK SEA ROTATIONAL FORCE 16.1, started on Monday in Novo Selo military training ground. The training is held between May 9 and May 15 with the participation of 315 soldiers, oh whom 90 military men from the Bulgarian Armed Forces, 150 soldiers from the US Marine Infantry, 25 Romanian soldiers, 40 UK soldiers and 11 French military men. The Dacian Lynx 16 computer-assisted exercise for operational and tactical level staff training also started today in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. 250 military men from 11 NATO countries take part at that training.




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