SPLIT, Jan 16 (Hina) - The first submarine, named "Velebit", of the Croatian Navy, was ceremonially launched from a special slipway at Split Shipyard on Tuesday.
SPLIT, Jan 16 (Hina) - The first submarine, named "Velebit", of
the Croatian Navy, was ceremonially launched from a special
slipway at Split Shipyard on Tuesday. #L#
Besides Croatian Army officers, US military attaché in Zagreb,
John R. Sadler, attended the ceremony of launching the "Velebit".
At the ceremony the Croatian Army headquarters chief-of-staff,
General Zvonimir Cervenko, said Croatian armed forces were being
transformed into a small, efficient and modern army, that will soon
be admitted to the NATO alliance. Gen. Cervenko added that the
"Velebit" submarine proved achievements of the Croatian technology
and it also showed that the Croatian Navy would be very well
technically equipped and prepared to defend the Croatian Adriatic
Sea.
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