NATO Forces Launch Largest Anti-Submarine Exercises Ever Off Norway Coast

npr.org ^ | May 04, 2015 | Jackie Northam

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Naval Forces from 10 NATO countries and Sweden have launched a massive anti-submarine exercise in the Norwegian Sea. The two-week exercise, dubbed Dynamic Mongoose, brings together thousands of NATO troops, and dozens of vessels, including submarines, that will practice hunting, attacking and avoiding detection, according to news reports.

This year's annual exercise comes amid rising concerns by NATO that Russia could employ the same tactics in the three Baltic states — Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — that it used in Ukraine. The three small countries rely on the Nordic countries for protection.

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Last month, the Finnish navy chased an "underwater object" believed to be a submarine. It dropped depth charges to warn the intruder it had been detected

Submarines from
Germany,
Norway,
Sweden
and the United States

are taking part along with 13 surface ships from
Canada,
France,
Germany,
the Netherlands,
Norway,
Poland,
Spain,
Turkey,
the United Kingdom,
and the United States.

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Photos Dynamic Mongoose 2015 - Facebook page - NATO Maritime Command

[McGruff]

This year's annual exercise...

So it was already scheduled?

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comes amid rising concerns by NATO that Russia could employ the same tactics in the three Baltic states — Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — that it used in Ukraine.

[armydawg505]

The Turks are there? Interesting.