Bulgarian, Serbian, and American troops hold joint military drills at Black Sea coast

Bulgarian, Serbian, and US troops held joint military drills near city of Shabla in rast Bulgaria on Thursday, as part of US European Command’s Joint Exercise Program.

During drill, jets, helicopters, missiles and various systems were tested. Taking place on Black Sea coast, drills were also reportedly supervised by Russian navy.

troops were filmed practicing shooting from air-to-sea, ground-to-ground and ground-to-sea. In process, many army machinery and systems were used such as MIG-29 and SU-25 combat jets, Mi-24 helicopters,  S-125 surface-to-air missiles, 2K12 Kub mobile surface-to-air missile system as well as S-300 surface-to-air missile defense systems.

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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov who was one of many officials supervising drills on Thursday said that all three countries must to live in peace and t in war, as it would le to casaulties. 

Deputy Ambassor of US to Bulgaria Justin Friedman was also present along with a Serbian delegation led by its Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin.

  European Command’s joint exercise program looks to improve American interoperability with NATO allies and or partners and provide deterrence to Russia. exercise program is designed, to an extent, to be transparent, which allows Russian leers to see what American and allied forces are capable of.

European Command’s exercise program is focused into a five-year campaign, divided into rrn and sourn regions. rrn campaign focuses on Baltic Sea and sourn on riatic and Black Sea regions.

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In 2018, about 20,000 US service members participated in 13 major European Command exercises. numbers remain same this year.

Through end of September, European Command is set to host six exercises, while it's component commands will host more than 20 exercises. exercises are scheduled to take place in Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, and Ukraine.