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Estonian Minister of Defence Visits Troops at Trident Juncture

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Nov. 4, 2015 | 5:02

Estonian Minister of Defence Hannes Hanso visiting exercise Trident Juncture and meeting the troops participating in the exercise. Opposition forces for the battalion were played by Spanish mechanized infan-try battalion with armored personnel vehicles and tanks Leopard 2A5. Battalion used its organic antitank weapons, Javelin and Milan rocket systems against the strong opponent and fortunately had also an air support of Apache attack helicopter provided by United States unit. Journalist: Kullar Viimne / 1BDE CCT / MOVIE SECTION. Shotlist
00:00:00:00 (Estonian Minister of Defence Hannes Hanso) interview in English:
“Well, what I saw was an incredibly impressive exercise where really land components, air components, all worked together in a massive scale. What we saw from the VIP Lounge Area was just 1100 people, soldiers working together, including the air component. The whole exercise, of course, incorporating 36,000 NATO troops in three different countries, in Portugal, in Spain where we are now, and in Italy. This goes to show how strong and how viable this organization, this military organization NATO is, and these sort of things do not happen just by itself. The interoperability component is incredibly important and we saw this being worked out to perfection here today. I’m of course, so very proud of my soldiers from Estonia who contributes well. They know what the issues are and they work together with other other countries, and this is the strength of the organization. We all have our own role and we all contribute to that and this is what I saw today. Very impressive indeed.”
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Cover shots of the demonstration in Spain for DV day.