Orion 23, Griffin Lighting, Joint Warrior, Major Drills to Demonstrate NATO Allies Readiness

Troops from NATO Allies and partners are taking part in a series of long-planned major military exercises stretching from the High North to the Mediterranean to enhance the readiness of NATO forces. In March, 20,000 NATO troops, plus Finland and Sweden, train to defend Norway in exercises “Joint Viking” and “Joint Warrior”, the largest drills in Europe’s Arctic this year. In the Mediterranean, ships, submarines and aircraft from nine NATO Allies conducted anti-submarine warfare drills during exercise “Dynamic Manta”. France is holding its largest military drill in decades as part of “Orion 23”, involving 19,000 Allied troops over three months….