NATO launches largest ever naval exercise in Romania

On April 8, Sea Shield 24 - the largest multinational naval exercise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - began taking place in the Romanian port of Constanta.

NATO triển khai cuộc tập trận hải quân lớn nhất lớn ở Romania

NATO's Sea Shield 24 exercise takes place from April 8-21. (Source: Romania Insider)

Romania Insider reported that the exercise involved 2,200 soldiers, 135 ships, aircraft and vehicles from 13 NATO countries including Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, UK, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, US and Romania.

Sea Shield 24, which runs from February 8-21, focuses on training in all aspects of military operations, aiming to increase the level of operational cooperation between participating parties.

"We have procedures to test and develop in anti-submarine, anti-surface and anti-aircraft combat environments in the Black Sea and river areas," Romanian Navy Chief of Staff Mihai Panait said.

Previously, NATO's largest exercise in decades, Steadfast Defender, also began on January 24 and will last until late spring 2024, with a scenario that German media said was an attack on alliance territory, leading to the activation of Article 5 of the NATO Treaty.

During the implementation, the military organization is expected to transfer a significant number of the bloc's troops and equipment to countries located in the region relatively close to Russia.

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