They open the NATO headquarters in Sofia on September 3 –

/ world today news/ The NATO headquarters in Sofia will be opened on September 3, “Telegraph” learned. On the same day, the alliance will cut the ribbons on a total of 6 new offices.

In addition to ours, pact headquarters will open in Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The headquarters in our country will be located in the military building at 34 “Totleben” Blvd. Its official name is “Staff element for the integration of NATO forces”, since it will have a staff of 40 people. Of them, 20 will be Bulgarian military personnel. The renovation works on the building cost about BGN 2 million. Meanwhile, due to the international exercise taking place from August 20 to September 13 near Balchik, all tourists staying at the nearby golf complexes were prohibited from leaving their area for two hours. From 8 to 10 p.m. Monday, the approaches to the I-9 highway from milepost 61+300 to 50+400 remained closed. For two hours, helicopters flew over Balchik and machine guns roared. Some of the Balchiklia living near the airport experienced the training with earplugs. According to some eyewitnesses, there were six helicopters, according to others – ten. However, everyone is adamant that the thunders were from automatic weapons, some even claim that they were “Kalashnikov”. No one was able to see parachute jumps, as it was dark. Yesterday morning, several helicopters again flew over Balchik and Kavarna. The exercise is the largest multinational airborne in Europe since the end of the Second World War. It will be the first time since 1999 that a “Dot” missile will be launched. The OTR-21 Tochka, whose NATO designation is the SS-21 Scarab, is a short-range Soviet tactical ballistic missile. It will be launched 77 km into the sea off Shabla. The OTR-21 is difficult to detect and intercept. Top the missile has a laser device, which is combined with a computer, and has a function similar to a warhead. Its warhead can also be nuclear. -its long-range land-based missile at the moment and one of the most powerful and advanced weapons.