11.   Military officials confirmed that the Bulgarian air defense forces had not been carrying out exercises at that time.

12.   On Friday, a Russian Black Sea Fleet warship carried out exercises off the Abkhazian coast, the Interfax news agency said.

13.   She said the exercise would be carried out in stages.

14.   The company said the tree-planting exercise was carried out when a stretch has been completed.

15.   The exercise will be carried out in three phases.

16.   The exercise will be carried out in a controlled environment, where hackers will attempt to penetrate various demonstration sites.

17.   The manner in which the exercise was carried out has been questioned.

18.   The military command said a training exercise had been carried out on the base Tuesday, during which several flare-gun cartridges were fired.

19.   The Navy owns two-thirds of Vieques and carries out exercises on a range on the far eastern tip of the island.

20.   There will be no fleet expansion in the coming year and a cost cutting exercise will be carried out, it said.