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#NATO Allies and partners exercise in the #BalticSea 🌊 Fourteen NATO allies along with two NATO partner nations, Finland and Sweden, are currently participating in the exercise Baltic Operations with over 45 ships, more than 75 aircraft and 7,500 personnel ⚓️ #BALTOPS22, which is a maritime-focused annual exercise, kicked off from #Stockholm, Sweden. For Allies it’s a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea. This is the 51st iteration of the exercise series, which began in 1972. Participating nations include #Belgium 🇧🇪, #Bulgaria 🇧🇬, #Denmark 🇩🇰, #Estonia 🇪🇪, #Finland 🇫🇮, #France 🇫🇷, #Germany 🇩🇪, #Latvia 🇱🇻, #Lithuania 🇱🇹, the #Netherlands 🇳🇱, #Norway 🇳🇴, #Poland 🇵🇱, #Sweden 🇸🇪, #Türkiye 🇹🇷, the 🇬🇧 #UK, and the #US 🇺🇸 Exercise scenarios include amphibious operations, gunnery, anti-submarine, air defence, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal, unmanned underwater vehicles, and medical response. Interesting fact ⤵️ BALTOPS 22 coincides with the 500th anniversary of the Swedish Navy 🇸🇪 #OTAN #navy #maritime #army #military #sea #militaryexercise #happeningnow #ship #militaryphoto