NATO Fleet Minehunters Defuse 17 Explosive Devices
The seven mine countermeasures vessels of the NATO fleet SNMCMG1 disabled 17 explosives in less than five days in less than five days last week. This happened during a mine…
NATO Announces New AWACS Force
NATO has selected its next generation command and control aircraft as the Alliance’s existing Airborne Warning and Control (AWACS) fleet nears retirement. Production of the six new Boeing E-7A Wedgetail…
HMS Mersey Enters Refit in Falmouth After Busy Year
Receiving some TLC – and a brand new paint scheme – after a hectic 2023 is HMS Mersey. The Portsmouth-based patrol ship is ending the year in maintenance in Falmouth…
Swedish Supreme Commander Advice to Government on NATO
The Supreme Commander has submitted his military advice to the Government on Swedish defense capability with the new conditions that membership of NATO will entail. The Council is a basis…
Maintenance and Resupply of Frigate in Turkey
In the past week, Niels Juel has been in port in, among other places, the Turkish port city of Mersin. The stay was used to carry out maintenance on some…
NATO Statement on Russian Withdrawal From CFE Treaty
Allies condemn Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), and its war of aggression against Ukraine which is contrary to the Treaty’s objectives.…
Minehunters Reinforce Submarine Cables Patrols
The NATO fleet association SNMCMG1 is stepping up patrols in the Baltic Sea. This is because 2 submarine cables between Estonia and Sweden have been damaged. Together with HNLMS Vlaardingen,…
NATO Tests NRF in Exercise Dynamic Mariner 23
In a remarkable display of international maritime cooperation, naval forces from five Allied nations have gathered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy for the start of Exercise…
NATO Digital Ocean Industry Symposium – 16-17 April 2024
The Digital Ocean is a pioneering initiative to enhance NATO’s Maritime Situational Awareness from Seabed to Space through the exploitation of Emerging and Disruptive Technology. Industry is key in this…
Arctic Remains Essential to NATO’s Deterrence and Defense Posture
On 20 and 21 October 2023, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Bauer attended the 10th edition of the Arctic Circle Assembly. While in Iceland, he also met…