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Photo: Royal Navy. ELEMENTS of one of the largest military exercises of its kind in Europe will take place in the Forth. Ten nations will take part in Exercise Strike Warrior and will bring 31 warships, three submarines, 150 aircraft and 13,400 military personnel. A total of 1,500 ground troops will take to ranges across the country and to maritime areas off the north and west coasts of Scotland. Strike Warrior starts next Saturday, May 8, and will run to May 20, with a number of the participating vessels departing from ports on the east coast. For this exercise, port visits will be kept to a minimum, however vessels are expected to arrive at Rosyth and Leith before joining the exercise.
Strike Warrior will deploy out of Leith and Rosyth ports
During the fortnight, participants will be faced with a period of increasing political and military tensions, along with a huge range of realistic military tasks such as: intelligence gathering and reconnaissance; anti-smuggling and counter-terrorism operations; humanitarian assistance and evacuation operations.
The participating NATO nations will be the UK, USA, Denmark, France, Germany, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland; Australia is the non-NATO participant.
All units involved in the exercise will observe Covid 19 control measures, such as a general requirement for 14-day quarantine periods before personnel can embark in the ships of the UK Carrier Strike Group.
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