Despite the crisis in Georgia and the resultant increased tension in NATO/Russian relations, ships from SNMG 1 transited the Bosphorus on 21 Aug en route to exercises with NATO members bordering the Black Sea. This visit has been planned for more than 12 months and no doubt ships crews are looking forward to the opportunity to visit ports, which NATO ships have rarely seen. Constantza (Romania) and Varna (Bulgaria) are in the itinerary and the ships will spend several days in each as well as conducting exercises with each nation’s naval forces. Deployments like this serve several purposes, allowing the different navies to practice working together and improve understanding of NATO standard procedures, demonstrate NATO’s solidarity and also reiterate international rights to freely navigate the high sea. more…
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• Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Category: Exercises
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