Tag: Viekaren naval exercise

• Thursday, August 20th 2015 - 07:28 UTC

  Argentine and Chilean navies in Beagle channel joint sea and air exercise

  

  Argentina and Chile are holding their annual joint naval exercise in the Beagle channel, in the framework of the 1984 Friendship Treaty, to test their combined sea an air capabilities in the region. This includes emergency and humanitarian situations; maritime traffic control as well as search and rescue operations, operating from Puerto Williams in Chile.

• Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentina and Chile navies in confidence building exercises in Beagle Channel

  

  Argentina and Chile announced on Monday the launching of the annual naval exercise known as “Viekaren” (confidence in Yamana language) in the extreme south of the continent where the two countries territorial waters meet.