Units of the Egyptian and Pakistani air defense forces on Sunday continuedtheir ‘Sky Protectors-1’ joint military exercise, hosted by Egypt.
The first-of-its-kind drill comes as part of military cooperation betweenEgypt and Pakistan.
The activities included a pre-training phase to achieve integration betweenthe participating forces by carrying out a set of theoretical and practicallectures to review modern and advanced air defense systems and organisingan exhibition of the participating weapons and air defense equipment.
The Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces and Director General ofthe Pakistani Joint Staff Mohammad Haider attended the activities.
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The participating forces from both sides also carried out joint tacticalexercises, which revealed the capability of the joint naval forces toperform their tasks efficiently and rapidly.
The training is being held to exchange expertise between the two countriesin the field of air defense in light of the spread of advanced aerialattack weapons.