Exercises

Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS) 2021, a live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO on behalf of U.S. Sixth Fleet, kicked off today, May 15, 2021 at the U.K. Ministry...

Exercise Phoenix Express 2021, the 16th iteration of the North African maritime exercise begins May 17, 2021, in Tunis, Tunisia, and throughout the Mediterranean Sea.Thirteen nations will operate together through May 28 to increase regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness,...

U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) AV-8B Harriers of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a long-range strike from the North Atlantic into Lithuania’s Cudgel Range, May 13, 2021. The three U.S. Marine Corps Harriers launched from the Wasp-class amphibious assault...

The German Navy's Sachsen class anti-air warfare (AAW) frigate FGS Hamburg has successfully completed a series of live firings with RGM-84 Harpoon and RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) surface-to-air missiles on May 7. The trials involved 17 missile firings...

On 10 May, the EU, Japan and Djibouti carried out a trilateral joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden for the first time. The exercise came after an EU-Japan joint naval exercise and joint port call on Djibouti last October,...

Japanese, US and French troops kicked off their first-ever joint military drill Tuesday(May 11) in southwestern Japan, as concerns rise over China’s growing assertiveness in the region. An Australian naval ship is also taking part in the week-long air,...

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) visited Finland 1-5 May 2021.Upon arrival in Turku, SNMCMG1 was met by the Commander of the Finnish Coastal Fleet to discuss the upcoming joint naval exercises, aimed at increasing interoperability and...

The Egyptian and French naval forces carried out Exercise Ramses 2021 in the Red Sea on Sunday. Both countries’ air forces also participated in the joint exercise.The joint drills were conducted within the framework of the Egyptian Armed Forces...

Indonesian Navy assets conducted Passing Exercises (PASSEX) both with PLA Navy's and Indian Navy's assets on Saturday (May 8). While Indonesia’s KRI Usman Harun frigate and KRI Halasan missile craft exercised with China’s Liuzhou and Suqian guided-missile frigates, KRI...

An aircraft carrier battle group headed by the Chinese naval aircraft carrier Shandong conducted training in relevant waters of the South China Sea last week.The spokesperson said that it was a routine training exercise within the annual work plan...