FLOTEX-23 Exercise Comes to an End
On June 16, the FLOTEX-23 exercise that involved 21 ships, 1 submarine, 19 aircraft, 6 landing craft and 80 Marine Corps infantry vehicles, with around 5,000 troops deployed in the…
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On June 16, the FLOTEX-23 exercise that involved 21 ships, 1 submarine, 19 aircraft, 6 landing craft and 80 Marine Corps infantry vehicles, with around 5,000 troops deployed in the…
Detecting, deterring and, if necessary, destroying ships. But also air defense, mine countermeasures and amphibious operations. All maritime aspects were discussed during Baltops 23 in recent weeks. The NATO training…
Nineteen NATO countries and NATO partners Sweden held the large-scale naval exercise in Kiel on 16 June 2023 Baltic Operations 2023 finished. 50 warships, more than 45 aircraft and 6,000…
The BEs crossed the Kiel Canal in a group, on the night of 6 to 7 June 2023, to reach Brest, their home port, after four weeks of navigation. This…
U.S. Marines from Golf Company embarked aboard the British Royal Navy’s amphibious assault ship HMS Albion (L14) as part of exercise Baltic Operations 2023 (BALTOPS 23) in Tallinn, Estonia, on…
In a notable first for the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise started in 1972, the Royal Danish Navy hosted the U.S. Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 from Williamsburg, Virginia, to conduct…
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) trained with the Royal Norwegian Navy and Air Force and the Royal Navy in a series of security exercises in the High…
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford came under NATO command on Friday and is currently taking part in a series of planned maritime security activities and training with the…
The first steel cutting ceremony of the second U212 Near Future Submarine (NFS) ordered by OCCAR to Fincantieri, the largest shipbuilding company in Europe, took place on 6 June 2023…
Ships and ashore units from 11 NATO Ally nations commenced the mine countermeasures (MCM) phase of exercise Baltic Operations 2023 (BALTOPS 23) in Germany, Poland and in the Baltic Sea,…