Trident Juncture 2018 will take place on land, sea, and in the air over the Baltic and Norwegian seas as well as Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Norwegian armed forces
Business Inside: A US aircraft carrier is in the frigid waters north of the Arctic Circle for the first time since the Soviet Union collapsed
* The USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group sailed north of the Arctic Circle this week for exercises.
* The drills, part of NATO's Trident Juncture exercise, mark the first time a US aircraft carrier has entered the Arctic Circle since 1991.
* NATO's increasing attention to the far north stems in part from concern about Russia's resurgent military.
In September 1991, three months before the Soviet Union dissolved, the US Navy aircraft carrier USS America sailed into the Arctic Circle for NATO exercise North Star.
The America was the last US aircraft carrier to operate above the Arctic Circle until Friday, when the USS Harry S. Truman and ships from its strike group sailed into the Arctic Circle for operations ahead of Trident Juncture, which will be NATO's largest military exercise in nearly 20 years.
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WNU Editor: They should be brave and do these exercises in January. That is when it is super cold.
1 comment:
Agreed, If one is going to do cold weather drills, one must do them is the harshest conditions that one might be expected to operate in.
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