- Title: ITALY: NATO FORCES TAKE PART IN "DRAGON HAMMER 92" AMPHIBIOUS LANDING EXERCISES
- Date: 11th May 1992
- Summary: NEAR ROME, ITALY (MAY 11, 1992) (GIANFRANCO STARA - VISNEWS ) 1. GV PAN: AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT APPROACHING BEACH-HEAD 0.09 2. GV PAN: SOLDIERS DISEMBARKING AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT 0.19 3. GV: HELICOPTER OVERHEAD 0.29 4. GV: SOLDIERS RUNNING ACROSS BEACH-HEAD 0.35 5. SV: DEFENDERS 'FIRING' AT SOLDIERS 0.38 6. GV'S/SV: HOVERCRAFT LANDING/ARMOURED VEHICLE HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD/MORE OF HOVERCRAFT (3 SHOTS) 0.57 7. GV/SCU PAN: TANKS ALONG TRACK (2 SHOTS) 1.06 8. SCU TRACKING SHOT: SOLDIERS RUNNING ACROSS FIELD 1.17 9. GV: HELICOPTER HOVERING 1.26 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: NEAR ROME, ITALY
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- Country: Italy
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- Story Text: Forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) made their first amphibious landing in Italy on Monday (May 11) as part of an exercise codenamed "Dragon Hammer 92".
The operation to seize a beach was part of training resulting from a change in strategic planning in the Mediterranean area after the break-up of the Soviet Union and communist bloc. Fast reaction forces will be maintained to respond to emergencies.
Forces making up the amphibious task force come from Italy, Greece and the United States.
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