NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense Exercise Formidable Shield
U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) kicked off exercise Formidable Shield 2023 in the High North and North Atlantic Ocean on May 8, 2023. The…
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U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) kicked off exercise Formidable Shield 2023 in the High North and North Atlantic Ocean on May 8, 2023. The…
NATO’s Standing Naval Forces participated in Mare Aperto/Italian Mine Exercise 23 (ITA MINEX 23) in the Mediterranean, April 13-28. ITA MINEX is an annual mine countermeasures (MCM) exercise led by…
In the sea area between Norway and Iceland: After two intensive weeks at sea, the NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose came to an end. Long-distance maritime reconnaissance aircraft, frigates and submarines…
During this two-month mission, the frigate will successively participate in the NATO exercise FORMIDABLE SHIELD 23 in the Atlantic and North Sea, and in the FLOTEX 23 exercise organized by…
Van Amstel specializes in anti-submarine warfare, in which the crew deploys various sonar systems. Van Amstel is one of the few frigates within NATO with a combination of these specific…
The port visit in Reykjavik marks the end of annual NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose 23, after two challenging intense weeks. About 1800 sailors on board of 12 ships covered an…
The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) – comprised of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26,…
A £multi-million complete Saab Seaeye Leopard system has been supplied to the Spanish Navy for submarine escape and rescue, and underwater intervention. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) acquired…
Opening a two-day Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) session at NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (26 April 2023), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged Allies to ramp up weapons and ammunition…
HNLMS Van Amstel is on his way to the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). The ship, with an NH90 maritime attack helicopter on board, just left the port of…