By Sabine Siebold and Janis Laizans ON BOARD THE USS MESA VERDE IN THE BALTIC SEA (Reuters) - Russia's war in Ukraine has injected a dose of grim ...
By Sabine Siebold and Janis Laizans ON BOARD THE USS MESA VERDE IN THE BALTIC SEA - Russia's war in Ukraine has injected a dose of grim realism into an annual NATO naval drill in theHalifax Urban Folk Festival on both sides of the harbour | SaltWireON BOARD THE USS MESA VERDE IN THE BALTIC SEA - Russia's war in Ukraine has injected a dose of grim realism into an annual NATO naval drill in the northern Baltic Sea as Western forces practice for the first time how to respond to any Russian...
They are practicing amphibious operations and strikes from sea to land, and securing routes through the Baltic. "For many years we had a kind of artificial scenario. Right now, we are a bit closer to the realistic meaning, the geography and the partners and the opponent. So, this is more realistic than it was before," Haisch said aboard the Mesa Verde.
It is the first exercise of this size that the German navy, the biggest Western navy in the Baltic, has commanded from its new maritime operations headquarters in Rostock, at the southwestern end of the Baltic.
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