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Breeze 2020 naval exercise taking place with demonstration of extinguishing fire on merchant ship

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The national naval exercise with international participation Breeze 2020 is taking place off Bourgas.

A demonstration will be carried out during the exercise, of extinguishing a fire on a merchant ship and of freeing an abducted vessel, which will be watched by President Rumen Radev.

The exercise involves 27 vessels, 2 aircraft, 7 helicopters, almost 2,500 staff from the naval forces of 10 countries, as well as the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2. 



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