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At a glance

65

Vessels

40,000

Personnel

250

Aircraft

10,000

Vehicles

What were we doing?

Six ships from across the Royal Navy’s fleet took part in the exercise. HMS Northumberland and HMS Westminster worked in the north of Norway, practising anti-submarine warfare drills and proving their capability within a multinational task group.

Meanwhile, HMS Enterprise led four mine countermeasures vessels (HMS Hurworth, HMS Cattistock, HMS Ramsay and HMS Grimsby) in the south of Norway, practising their diving and mine clearance capabilities, including using their remotely operated ‘Sea Fox’ mine disposal robot.

Why were we there?

Exercise Trident Juncture was conceived of during the NATO summit held in Wales in 2014. The overall aim of the exercise is to train the NATO Response Force – a high-readiness force of sea, land, air and special forces units capable of rapid global deployment.

Following the success of the first Trident Juncture, which was held in Spain and Portugal in 2015, the Norwegian government offered to host a second; thus, Trident Juncture 18 was born.

As NATO’s largest exercise since 2002, Trident Juncture 18 was truly breath-taking in scope. Some 40,000 personnel from 30 countries, as well as thousands of vehicles, ships and aircraft, worked together to hone their skills across a variety of warfighting scenarios.

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Exercise Trident Juncture is a clear and unambiguous demonstration of just why we must stand shoulder to shoulder with our NATO allies.

Commander Andrew Canale
Commanding Officer HMS Sutherland

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