HMCS Shawinigan and HMCS Summerside will help NATO forces with mine-hunting and disposal in the North Atlantic
Two Royal Canadian Navy warships sailed out of Halifax harbour Monday, bound for the Baltic region where they will join a NATO mission aimed at deterring Russian aggression.
“Even if NATO is not directly involved in what’s happening in Ukraine with Russia, the fact that we are positioning the alliance to be ready to react, if called upon, is very important,” she told reporters after the ships left the harbour. Admiral Rob Bauer, chairman of NATO’s military committee, said about 40,000 troops are on standby from Estonia in the north to Romania on the Black Sea in the south.
Meanwhile, the latest NATO mission for Canada marks the first deployment for HMCS Shawinigan as part of Operation Reassurance, and the second full-length deployment for HMCS Summerside. Both coastal defence vessels are carrying about 45 sailors, and will be deployed for four months.
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