ABU DHABI- The joint 'Iron Magic 18' military exercise between the UAE Armed Forces and the US forces started on Thursday in the UAE.

It is part of the joint military exercises conducted by the UAE Armed Forces throughout the year with the forces of fraternal and friendly countries in order to raise combat efficiency, gain more field expertise, and work to unify military concepts and terminologies between the participating parties.

The military exercise, which comes within the framework of the joint military co-operation agreements between the UAE and the United States, aims to strengthen co-operation, joint work and exchange of expertise in the military fields. This would contribute to raising the military combat capability and increasing co-ordination between the UAE Armed Forces and the US counterpart.

This came as part of the permanent keenness of the UAE General Command of the Armed Forces to raise the level of performance and efficiency, and work in the spirit of one team in accordance with a clear strategy aimed at improving the overall level and combat readiness of the UAE Armed Forces to deal with modern weapons at all theatres of operations.

The Iron Magic 18, which continues for two weeks, contributes to enhancing defensive efficiency in the areas of military operations, training in the planning and execution of combat operations, planning, implementation and support of maritime landings, attacks on built-up areas, ideal joint use of various weapons, live ammunition training and internal security training activities to unify the joint work as well as the best training method to increase combat efficiency of the Emirati Armed Forces to keep pace with the latest military technologies.



Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2017.