Operation Excite/Hilti

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Operation Excite/Hilti
Part of the South African Border War
Location
Angola

Mavinga
Calueque
Xangongo
Cuito Cuanavale
Ruacaná
Techipa
Cahama
Operation Excite/Hilti (Angola)
ObjectiveDraw the Cubans out of Techipa and ambush them, preventing an advance to Calueque and the SWA/Namibian border.
DateMay – June 1988

Operation Excite/Hilti (aka Operation Hilti and Operation Prone): 249  was a set of military operations by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

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