
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…