The Syrian forces conducted Tuesday aerial, naval, and ground maneuvers to test the capability and readiness to confront any possible aggression against Syria.

The Syrian forces conducted Tuesday aerial, naval, and ground maneuvers to test their capability and readiness to confront any possible aggression against Syria.

The Syrian official news agency SANA reported that “according to the operational training plan for 2011, the air defense force conducted on Tuesday a live fire demonstration with the participation of formations of air force fighters, fighter bombers, fire support helicopters and the air defense formations.”

“The participant formations showed a high level of coordination under conditions similar to a real battle… The personnel demonstrated qualitative expertness and the capability of handling advanced weapons in detecting, tracking and destroying hostile targets and firing real missiles,” SANA added.

It further stated that “the Navy conducted an operational tactical maneuver with live fire, as part of the combat training plan of the Navy for 2011… Marine and coastal missiles participated in the maneuver under conditions similar to a real battle, striking the assumed hostile targets with accuracy that reflected a high level of combat training.”