Defense Minister Jorge Tayana supervised, on Thursday, the Punta de Flecha (Second Section) military exercise “to respond effectively and quickly in the defense of strategic areas,” during a tour of the joint operations area and the nuclear power plant’s reservoir. As part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff campaign plan verification cycle.
Arrowhead drill conducted at the Rio Tercero reservoir, in Cordoba, The minister explained that it “seeks to simulate the defense of the Embalsea nuclear power plant.”
He stressed that this activity, as part of the verification cycle of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s (EMCO) campaign plans, “allows for greater coherence and relationship between the various components of national defence, where the community, mayors, firefighters, police, gendarmerie and central personnel are involved who have not done so before with Armed forces.
“This exercise includes 4,000 members of the Armed Forces, not only from the Army, but also from the Air Force, which provides support in the field of transport. It is a new activity aimed at training in rapid response, to gain interoperability and to respond effectively and quickly in the defense of our territories.” The strategy.”Tiana explained during the tour.
Tayana oversaw a military exercise in Cordoba involving more than 4,000 soldiers and planned the EMCO campaign
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During his visit to Cordoba, the head of the military portfolio toured the operational training of the joint operations area, where the command center and emergency operations center are located. There he also oversaw heavy lift launches, protection of targets of strategic value, and interagency emergency assistance operations.
Taiana visited the Embalsea Nuclear Power Plant and considered that progress is being made through its management. “A rapid process of restoring capabilities, increasing the number of personnel, deploying and gradually purchasing items,” Therefore, he emphasized that this recovery “is also thanks to the National Defense Fund, which allows us to restore and modernize what is old and obtain what is necessary to carry out this type of deployment.”
The main goal of the Arrowhead military exercise (Section II) is to “assess and ensure the effective response of the military utility to simulated situations that require denying access and ensuring control of critical areas of strategic infrastructure and resources,” a report states. launch.
“These joint actions include both regional action forces and extra-jurisdictional rapid intervention forces.” Added.
These measures will facilitate “the readjustment of short-term plans and will allow for the acquisition of experience in the development of multi-domain operations, providing governance elements aimed at the design and development of forces reflected in the recently approved Military Capabilities Plan.”
The minister was accompanied by Chief of Staff of the Military Portfolio, Hector Mazi. Undersecretary for Emergency Planning and Executive Coordination, Martin Fiorenza; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Juan Martin Balyo; Air Force Commander Brigadier General Xavier Julian Isaac; Navy Commander Admiral Julio Horacio Guardia; Army Commander Lieutenant General Guillermo Olegario Pereda; and the Operational Commander of EMCO, Commander of Operations of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Jorge Fabian Peredo.
Also present were the Head of the Emergency Preparedness Department, Nestor Speso, and the Director of the Embalsi Nuclear Power Plant, Juan Cantarelli.
