RAF's New Poseidon Aircraft Completes First NATO Exercise
The maritime patrol aircraft is equipped with sensors and weapons systems designed for submarine hunting.
The maritime patrol aircraft is equipped with sensors and weapons systems designed for submarine hunting.
BALTOPS, the largest military exercise of 2020 in European waters, has ended after two weeks of testing naval capabilities.
The soldiers' training in Cumbria is being carried out in accordance with social distancing measures.
Despite the lockdown at home, UK personnel remain on duty around the globe.
The exercise marks the first of a 10-year training programme between Royal Marines and their Norwegian counterparts.
The UK is understood to have been the biggest non-US contributor on the major exercise, with around 2,600 soldiers involved.
The exercise is the US' largest transatlantic military deployment for an exercise in 25 years.
Exercise Cold Response in Norway has involved around 15,000 troops from 10 nations, including around 2,000 British personnel.
British troops are continuing their deployment to Norway on Exercise Cold Response but new measures have been put in place.
Exercise Winter Partisan is part of a bilateral programme between the two countries.
Exercise Ajeya Warrior takes place twice a year and is held in both the UK and India.
More than 20,000 American troops are to join personnel from NATO nations and partners for Exercise Defender-Europe 20.
British and Jordanian troops have been testing their readiness for operations in demanding conditions.
7th Infantry Brigade, also called the 'Desert Rats', is known for defeating Rommel's Afrika Corps in the Second World War.
It will test the largest deployment of US-based forces to Europe in a quarter of a century.
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