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Ships from nations participating in exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2020 sail in formation while in the Baltic Sea, June 8, 2020. German Navy photo.

NATO Maritime Exercise BALTOPS 2020 Concludes

Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) concludes Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 20, the premiere annual maritime-focused U.S. European Command exercise in the Baltic region, June 16.

Martin Manaranche 17 Jun 2020

U.S. Sixth Fleet press release

BALTOPS is an annual maritime exercise, designed to enhance interoperability, flexibility, and demonstrate resolve among allied and partner forces in defending the Baltic region.  Twenty-eight air and 28 maritime assets from 17 NATO and 2 partner nations participated in the live training event that began on June 7, 2020.

“For almost half a century BALTOPS has brought allied and partner nations together at sea to develop the tactical and technical skills that enable us to conduct the full spectrum of maritime operations. This solid foundation of partnership extends beyond these two weeks, throughout the year, to provide a maritime network that ensures stability and security in the Baltic Sea region, as well as across Europe and the Atlantic.”

U.S. Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander, STRIKFORNATO and commander, U.S. 6th Fleet.

This year marks the sixth STRIKFORNATO-led BALTOPS and the first entirely maritime exercise, which ensured the health and safety precautions for all participating forces.

“For STRIKFORNATO, this BALTOPS has proved our ability to command from our Joint Operations Centre here in Lisbon, some 1400 miles from the southern Baltic Sea where our forces our operating. The COVID pandemic has undoubtedly made the planning for this year’s exercise more challenging. It has also forced us to do things differently, and in some cases better.”

Royal Navy Rear Adm. Guy Robinson OBE, STRIKFORNATO deputy commander.
BALTOPS 2020. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kyle Ste.

For two weeks, ships and aircraft conducted air, surface, subsurface, and mine warfare operations. Tactical Exercise (TACEX) Director, Royal Marines Lt. Col. Kian Murphy, said the exercise has proven to enhance the readiness and interoperability of the combined NATO allies and partners.

“I have been really impressed with the reactions of the training audience to the complex hybrid TACEX scenario. We aimed to challenge them in a wide range of maritime and air warfare domains up to high intensity conflict, they stepped up to the challenge and proved highly capable.”

Kian Murphy, Royal Marines Lt. Col. , Director of tactical excercise.

Participating nations included Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S.

BALTOPS is an ongoing U.S. European Command scheduled, U.S. Naval Forces Europe conducted, U.S. 6th Fleet executed and a STRIKFORNATO delivered exercise conducted in the spirit of Partnership for Peace.

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Posted by : Martin Manaranche
Martin Manaranche is based in Brittany, France. He is currently studying Applied Foreign Languages at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest. Martin conducted an internship at the French Navy's Ecole Navale in Brest and is therefore particularly fond of naval defense issues.

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