Defense News: Major Baltic Sea exercise kicks off as Swedish, Finnish NATO bids wait on Turkey
STOCKHOLM ― With the decks of the massive amphibious assault ship Kearsarge loaded with MV-22 Osprey and AH-1 Cobra rotary-wing aircraft, U.S. Marines and allied forces were getting ready to retake islands from a fictional aggressor in a war exercise showcasing allied firepower in Northern Europe.
The NATO exercise BALTOPS – to be held on the Baltic Sea next week – is the latest showing of unity and military strength as Sweden and Finland trade neutrality for NATO’s embrace in the wake of Russia’s three-month-old invasion of Ukraine.
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NATO Baltic Sea Exercises Kick Off With Sweden And Finland Participating
NATO holds Baltic Sea naval exercises with Finland, Sweden — ABC News/AP
Multinational annual exercise BALTOPS 22 commences in Baltic Sea — Naval Technology
NATO To Kick Off Baltic War Games With Finland, Sweden — Antiwar.com
U.S. Warship Arrives in Stockholm for Military Exercises, and as a Warning — New York Times
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