Cuba begins second phase of major military drill
http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=34&NEWS_ID=131733Cuba on Thursday began the second phase of a major military exercise to prepare the country for a contingency where it is attacked by planes and missiles.
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The second phase will end on Dec. 19, coinciding with the country's National Defence Day.
The drill drew about 100,000 regular personnel, 400,000 reserve troops and hundreds of thousands of militia.
The participants were trained to provide water, food, medicines and fuel in case of black-outs, to ensure smooth communications, to evacuate people to safe places, to crack down on criminals and counter-revolutionaries, and to maintain production.
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