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Exercise Saif Sareea II, Arabic for "Swift Sword II", was a major military exercise in September and October 2001 involving the military of the United Kingdom and Oman. It was the largest single deployment of UK forces since the Gulf War.〔(Operation Veritas - Armed Forces deployments: The Armed Forces Minister's statement in the Commons )〕 Over 22,500 personnel, 6,500 vehicles, 21 naval vessels, 49 fixed-wing aircraft and 44 helicopters were deployed; compared with the previous largest force of around 5,000 personnel. In addition over 11,000 Omani forces took part. ==Objectives== *To test the UK's expeditionary warfare strategy, particularly the effectiveness of the tri-service Joint Rapid Reaction Force. *Highlight shortcomings in equipment and practices of such a deployment *Provide training *Support foreign policy objectives (co-operation and maintain relationships with allies in the Persian Gulf region) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saif Sareea II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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