This year exercise BALTOPS was led by the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet and brought together 6,000 personnel, 20 ships and forces from 15 NATO Allies. This long-running exercise is designed to strengthen maritime readiness, improve interoperability and demonstrate the Alliance’s ability to deter and defend in a strategically vital region – the Baltic Sea.
This year’s exercise was controlled by NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum – for the first time since 1972 - enabling participants to train under a NATO command structure.
Forces conducted a wide range of maritime operations, including amphibious landings, air defence, anti-submarine warfare, mine counter-measures, crisis response and experimentation with uncrewed systems....
