Romania, participant in Mavi Balina 2018 Anti-Submarine Warfare Training
Exercise was hosted by the Turkish Navy off the coast of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Articol de Sergiu Şteţ, 16 Octombrie 2018, 16:30
Romania has participated, during 28 September and 7 October, in the Mavi Balina (Blue Whale) 2018 anti-submarine warfare exercise hosted by the Turkish Navy off the coast of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, designed to increase readiness and interoperability across the participating units.
Mavi Balina 2018 was executed as a serialized exercise in order to sharpen the ASW/ASUW skills of the participating submarines, provide ASW training at unit and surface task group level and practice the tactics applicable in real world operations, as stated in a NATO press release.
Consisting of flagship, the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter, Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ville De Quebec and Spanish Navy frigate ESPS Cristobal Colon, NATO Standing Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) joined ships, submarines and air assets from Turkish, Pakistan, Romania and US navies.
Romania deployed frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand and one helicopter.
Source:RRA, NATO.Translated by Miruna Matei
