The Danish frigate Esbern Snare is participating The Navy’s mine clearance capacity is currently participating in one of the year’s largest maritime exercises in the Baltic Sea – Northern Coasts, where ships from 13 countries are training tactical warfare in coastal waters.
“I am pleased that the Navy and the participating crew members get the opportunity to train in a realistic scenario and together with the other participating countries to develop cooperation and interoperability. It is important that we are several nations standing together to show our will and ability to protect our waters and keep them free from threats. I am sure that everyone will come home with a great benefit while at the same time we have sent a signal to the outside world that we stand together to secure our interests,” says flotilla admiral Bo Overgaard, deputy commander of the Navy and head of the Danish staff, who leads a part of the international maritime surface force from the flagship Esbern Snare.
Northern Coasts has since 2007 been an annually recurring exercise, which is alternately led by Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Finland.
“With the development in the world and in technology, there is always reason to update one’s knowledge and training status, revisit already developed procedures and to develop new ones. For example, drones have become very important in, among other things, the maritime domain and have an impact on the battlefield, and that is just one example of why it is useful and necessary that we regularly meet and train together with our allies,” says Bo Overgaard.
In total, 14 nations are participating, Germany, Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, USA, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, France Sweden, Great Britain and Denmark in Northern Coasts.
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