Russia: Delegation of Baltic Fleet Officers to Attend DANEX-2012 Exercise Planning Conference

Delegation of Baltic Fleet (BF) officers headed by the chief of BF Combat Training Dept Capt 1 rank Sergei Volkov left for Denmark to participate in the DANEX-2012 exercise planning conference.

Representatives of participating countries will discuss organization of the exercise and determine its main episodes in March 13-16 in Jonstrup, Denmark.

The DANEX-2012 joint naval exercise will be held in Sept 1-12 in the Baltic Sea. It will be attended by naval assets of 20 countries (Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Germany etc). Russian Navy will dispatch a BF warship.

Main objective of the exercise is practicing combat activities of multinational naval task force during local conflict settlement and peacekeeping operation.

Expectedly, the DANEX-2012 exercise will help to achieve required mutual understanding and practice international military cooperation at sea.

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Naval Today Staff , March 14, 2012; Image: nato