BALTOPS
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thumb|NATO BALTOPS 2015 logo BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) is an annual military exercise, held and sponsored by the Commander, United States Naval Forces Europe, since 1971, in the Baltic Sea and the regions surrounding it.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- BALTOPS in the 1980s and 1990s
- BALTOPS 2008 (36th)
- BALTOPS 2009 (37th)
- BALTOPS 2011 (39th)
- BALTOPS 2015 (43rd)
- BALTOPS 2020 (49th)
- BALTOPS 2022 (51st)
- BALTOPS 2023 (52nd)
- BALTOPS 2024 (53rd)
- Gallery
- References
thumb|NATO BALTOPS 2015 logo BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) is an annual military exercise, held and sponsored by the Commander, United States Naval Forces Europe, since 1971, in the Baltic Sea and the regions surrounding it.
The purpose of BALTOPS is to train gunnery, replenishment at sea, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), radar tracking & interception, mine countermeasures, seamanship, search and rescue, maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potential real world crises and maritime security.
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