Six 1000 sailors and soldiers from 15 NATO states, 20 ships, 20 combat aircraft, peculiar troops, and unmanned aircraft and marines – will participate in the beginning of the "Baltops 2026" exercise. The maneuvers are traditionally organized by 6th US Fleet, and the alleged port phase has been hosted by Gdynia for the first time in a decade.
The HDMS frigate “Absalon” from Denmark and a group of British patrol boats, Finnish min-offer FNS “Uusimaa” and ORP ‘Contradmiral Xavery Czernicki’which since the beginning of the year has served as a flagship unit in Natov's SNMCMG1 mine syndrome. For the last fewer days, more ships entered the port of Gdynia, reported for 55th edition of maneuvers. ‘Baltops’.
The USS "Mount Whitney" – a command ship from the 6th U.S. Fleet, seemed to join them for a long time, but it did not. Eventually, a powerful unit will begin the exercise straight at sea. However, there has been a compression that has not been seen in this place for respective years present on the shores of the local war port.
Throughout the day the alleged port phase of the exercise, involving its organizers and commanders of individual ships continued. They played the last details before going to sea. In the late afternoon, high-ranking NATO officers told journalists about the importance of "Baltops". The conference was organized on board the frigate ORP “Gen. T. Kościuszko”, i.e. 1 of the ships designated for the exercises by Poland.
“The forces from 15 Allied States will train in air, land and sea domains,” he explained. Jason Naidyhorsky, Deputy Commander of the 6th U.S. Fleet. – We intend to improve our combat capabilities, conducting advanced operations, from mine activities and combating submarines to expeditionary logistics and landing operations – he calculated.
The practice should show NATO's readiness to defend the Baltic. “The stableness of this water is crucial for Europe and so besides for the United States,” he assured. Naidyhorsky. He's been utilizing cadmium. John Mead, Deputy Commander Allied NATO Force Command (Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum – JFC-B) in Brunssum. – We build readiness, deter opponents and strengthen the Alliance as much as we can. And we do this to counter Russian threats," he emphasized.
According to him, the Russians are consistently campaigning to destabilise NATO and dissuade its members from supporting Ukraine. “From our point of view, “Baltops” is the most crucial exercise of the year,” he pointed out. Stephan Haisch, Commander CTF-Baltic, late established NATO command for the Baltic. “This is an excellent chance to test ways of fighting with the worst possible scenario. According to the maxim: "Train as you fight," he noted.
In total, 20 ships of different classes and as many combat aircraft will participate in the exercises, including F-16 and F-35. And helicopters, peculiar troops, Marines. "Baltops" will besides be an chance to test modern technologies, especially various types of drones. “Poland is exhibiting 5 ships, 3 aircraft, but besides widely understood infrastructure,” informed cadmium. Jarosław Ziemański, Naval Inspector at the General Command of the Polish Army.
The sailors agree: this is simply a test for us, which will summarize the year-round training. “During the “Baltops” our main task will be to combat submarines,” said Mr Przemysław Plewiński, Deputy Commander of the ORP “Kościuszko”. A unit from Germany will become an opponent of the Polish frigate. This will happen by resisting attacks by aircraft and drones. “Kościuszko” will operate in 1 task force, among others with corvette ORP ‘Kashub’ and Danish HDMS ‘Absalon’. Together, they will effort to effectively shield a convoy in the Baltic.
Indirectly, mine forces will be active in this task – specified as Polish trawlers ORP “Nakło” and ORP “Necko”. We'll check the shipping routes to clear the mines. The crews will usage sub-kill stations, but besides trawls – explained Lieutenant Paulina Stępień, who commands a group of trawlers. Both units will be assigned to a group commanded by Baltron, i.e. the common mine forces of the Baltic States. They will operate together with ships from Lithuania and Latvia. akin tasks will be carried out by SNMCMG1 with “Czernicki” at the head.
At the same time, the Polish transport and mine ship ORP “Lublin” will become a platform for conducting landing and assault operations for American marines. Polish helicopters will besides be active during the exercise. AW101 He'll join the search for submarines and the crew. W3-WARM Anaconda will be liable for the evacuation of casualties from ships. Coordination of specified activities was entrusted to Bryza aircraft. And finally, specials – soldiers Formose They will take care of targeting targets and guiding unmanned MQ-9 Reaper.
The script of maneuvers besides included artillery firing and tasks related to the monitoring of underwater critical infrastructure. The Baltic Sea phase will begin next day morning. Then the ships will start leaving the port in Gdynia. The largest Nattov exercises in the Baltic will take 2 weeks. The final will be held in Kilonia.
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