15.10.2004, 19:54
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TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has completed an exercise said to have demonstrated new capabilities for conventional and urban warfare.
Officials said the exercise, dubbed "Integrated Serial Combat," marked one of the most important multi-service maneuvers in 2004 and meant to test a range of capabilities and techniques for both conventional and urban warfare. They said the exercise yielded flawless firepower accuracy by both armored and artillery forces.
"We have presented here a very wide range of capabilities," Maj. Gen. Yiftah Ron-Tal, chief of the Ground Forces Command, said. "We saw capabilities and combat techniques that weren't here four years ago, two years ago, even a month ago."
The exercise on Oct. 13 in southern Israel combined two scenarios by the same air and ground forces in a demonstration of the flexibility of combat units. The first exercise tested the capability of main battle tanks, artillery, and engineering and bridging units against the Syrian military. In the second exercise, the force raided a mock Palestinian village in a test of urban warfare skills.