Singapore Ministry of Defence, The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is conducting Exercise Thunder Warrior, an annual artillery training exercise, at the Waiouru Training Area in New Zealand from 12 to 24 January.
This year's exercise will feature the inaugural live-firing of the Singapore Light-Weight Howitzer, codenamed Pegasus. The Pegasus was commissioned in Singapore on 28 October 2005 and is the world's first self-propelled and heli-portable 155mm lightweight howitzer.
Exercise Thunder Warrior 2006 will see gunners from the 23rd Battalion Singapore Artillery undergo their Field Artillery Training Evaluation Programme, which tests their operational readiness and proficiency.
The exercise will also feature integrated air-land training involving mini-Unmanned Airborne Vehicles and the TPQ-37 Weapon Locating Radar.
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