>Noble Manta 2010 Has Started
10 Feb 2010
>NATO’s largest annual Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise Noble Manta 2010 has started today. It will continue till 24 February.
Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States will task seven submarines, 18 aircraft (including ship-based helicopters) and eight surface ships. Seven submarines, one each from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Spain, and two from Turkey are scheduled to join the exercise. Each submarine will have the opportunity of being a hunter as well as the prey. NATO surface ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, plus an Italian frigate, an Italian auxiliary and a French frigate will also take part.
Turkish Navy wil take part with Type 209/1200 class submarine TCG Dolunay and Type 209/1400 class submarine TCG 18 Mart and G (Perry) class frigate TCG Göksu. She is the Turkish contrubution to SNMG-2.
A personal note: I am delighted to see that NATO put a link to my webpage from Noble Manta 2010 home page. Now I can boast that I am official recognized by NATO ;-)
turkishnavy.net 