A large scale multinational Search and Rescue (SAR) exercise, titled “NEMESIS 2015”, will be conducted for the second consecutive year, on Wednesday, 1 July, within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus, with the participation of SAR Units and personnel from Cyprus, the State of Israel, Greece and the United States of America, as well as SCARABEO-4 Oil Rig of SAIPEM S.p.A. and the support vessels of EDT.
According to an official press release, naval and Air SAR Units from the participating nations will take part in the exercise under the operational control and full coordination of the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Larnaca, in close cooperation with the corresponding Rescue Coordination Centers (RCCs) of Israel (RCC HAIFA), Greece (JRCC Piraeus) and the United States of America (NAVEUR/PRCC, which is based in Naples, Italy).
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