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First Fully Maritime BALTOPS Concludes

First Fully Maritime BALTOPS Concludes
From front to back, the U.S. Navy Supply-class fast-combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), the Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Otto Suerdrup (F312), the German Navy Bremen-class frigate FGS Luebeck (F214), and the German Navy Rhone-Class replenishment oiler FGS Rhoen (A1443) sail in formation behind the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while participating in exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2020 in the Baltic Sea, June 8, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The 2020 annual NATO Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) naval exercise concluded on June 16 after a week and a half of exclusively maritime exercises. Due to restrictions to limit exposure with the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s exercise was the first to take place exclusively at sea, which was announced by the U.S. Navy earlier this month (Defense Daily, June 2). BALTOPS 2020 involved 28 air and 28 maritime assets from 17 NATO member states and two partner nations that began on…

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