• Egyptian tanks drive through smoke deployed to simulate a real battle. AFP
    Egyptian tanks drive through smoke deployed to simulate a real battle. AFP
  • Army officers show the audience their battle plan on a large-scale map. AFP
    Army officers show the audience their battle plan on a large-scale map. AFP
  • Saudi troops look on at the flags of the Arab allies at the Mohamed Naguib miilitary base, northwest of Cairo. AFP
    Saudi troops look on at the flags of the Arab allies at the Mohamed Naguib miilitary base, northwest of Cairo. AFP
  • An Egyptian tank ploughs through the battlefield. AFP
    An Egyptian tank ploughs through the battlefield. AFP
  • Egyptian tanks drive in formation through the Matrouh Governorate desert. AFP
    Egyptian tanks drive in formation through the Matrouh Governorate desert. AFP
  • A civilian aircraft passes above Saudi and Kuwaiti paratroopers as they descend over Mohamed Naguib miilitary base. AFP
    A civilian aircraft passes above Saudi and Kuwaiti paratroopers as they descend over Mohamed Naguib miilitary base. AFP
  • Egyptian tanks pictured up-close. AFP
    Egyptian tanks pictured up-close. AFP
  • Egyptian army Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid and his Emirati counterpart Hamad Mohammed Al Rumaithi attend the Arab Shield military exercises. AFP
    Egyptian army Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid and his Emirati counterpart Hamad Mohammed Al Rumaithi attend the Arab Shield military exercises. AFP
  • Military vehicles take part live fire exercises. AFP
    Military vehicles take part live fire exercises. AFP
  • Egyptian rocket launchers fire missiles. AFP
    Egyptian rocket launchers fire missiles. AFP

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UAE Armed Forces in action for Egyptian desert military drills - in pictures

The drill saw rocket launchers, tanks and fighter-jets take part in target practice displays

The National

November 16, 2018

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Military forces from the UAE were in action for a live display of firepower and co-ordination that took place in the Egyptian desert.

Tanks, fighter jets and rocket launcher teams from Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan took part on the closing day of Arab Shield on Thursday.

Lieutenant General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, chief of staff of the UAE Armed Forces, was among the senior commanders observing.

The drills took place in Egypt's eastern desert around the Mohammed Naguib military base near the coastal Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh.

The live displays also saw target practice sessions by rocket launchers, tanks and fighter-jets and paratroopers descend in a co-ordinated jump.

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