Category: Security policy

Manoeuvres in the Baltic Sea - NATO with a large presence

Manoeuvres in the Baltic Sea - NATO with a large presence

Gepostet von | 2 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

Major maritime manoeuvre BALTOPS starts for the first time in Rostock Baltic Operations, or BALTOPS for short, has been around for decades. It is NATO's most important US-led naval manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea. The multinational exercise usually lasts two weeks and ends in Kiel at the start of Kiel Week. Having gone unnoticed for years, BALTOPS has gained new attention in view of the security tensions in the Baltic Sea region. Not only because new NATO partners, Finland and Sweden, have joined the organisation, but also because the Americans have so far remained a reliable partner despite all the political statements made within NATO. At the working level, there are - so they say -...

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NATO Association visits Lübeck

NATO Association visits Lübeck

Gepostet von | 30 May 2025 | , , | 0

The unit exercises in the Baltic Sea with a combination of mine defence measures and patrols. It is intended to strengthen the security of the Critical Underwater Infrastructure (CUI). Previously, the units were in Visby (Gotland, Sweden) and demonstrated NATO's continued presence in the Baltic Sea. These patrols demonstrate the Alliance's commitment to collective defence, deterrence and maritime security in an area where strategic awareness and unity among Allies is essential.

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France's ears in the Baltic Sea

France's ears in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 27 May 2025 | , , | 0

A few hundred metres past each other When the Russian corvette RFS "Stoikiy" (Steregushchiy class) "turned" into the Langelandbelt on Friday last week (we reported) after passing Fehmarn running north-west, the French reconnaissance vessel FS "Dupuy de Lome" (A 759), which was on the opposite course, had a convenient "found meal". The two ships met at the southern end of the island of Langeland at a distance of a few hundred metres. The modern reconnaissance platform, which entered service with the German Navy in 2006 and is 101 metres long and displaces 3,600 tonnes, only had to activate its sensors and hope to detect as many emissions of any kind as possible.

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Netherlands sends another survey vessel to the Baltic Sea

Netherlands sends another survey vessel to the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 23 May 2025 | , , , | 0

The hydrographic survey ship HNLMS "Snellius" (Snellius class, 81 metres in length) of the Royal Netherlands Navy has been assigned to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) for three months since mid-April and has replaced its sister ship HNLMS "Luymes" (A 803). The tasks of the NATO naval unit generally include defusing or safely detonating mines and other explosives at sea. This unit now also fulfils the tasks of the NATO "Baltic Sentry" mission, whose main task is to protect critical underwater infrastructure (KRITIS for short) in the Baltic Sea and contribute to the fight against hybrid warfare. The German Armed Forces are contributing in particular with the...

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