UK to deploy virtual elements in Exercise Joint Warrior
Vessels from the US Poland, Demark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, France and Latvia will be also joining Joint Warrior. (Photo: UK Crown Copyright)
Exercise Joint Warrior, the UK’s largest 12-day military exercise that hosts 11,000 personnel has begun.
Joint Warrior, running from 1 October, led by the RN will test NATO land, sea and air forces from Cape Wrath and the Hebrides to the North Sea and Channel.
More than 20 ships, a few submarines, led by seven RN warships, including destroyer HMS Diamond, three frigates (Kent, Northumberland and Somerset) and a couple of Royal Fleet Auxiliary tankers are participating.
Under the C2 of Commander, Task Force 65, NAEUR ships USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) and USNS William
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