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live-fire gunnery exercise
Coverage of live-fire gunnery exercise in the Nexus archive.
- PM Burnham first day in office “welcomed” by Russian navy live fire gunnery in the Channel south of Plymouth
The Russian Navy conducted a live-fire gunnery exercise in the English Channel near Plymouth on the first full day of Andy Burnham’s premiership, under surveillance from the Royal Navy. The exercise was described as a calculated show of military presence close to the UK.