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Here's a link to a short video on NATO Exercise Noble Manta 2008 (the former Dogfish).

http://sigonella.afneurope.net/HOME/ArticleDisplayDD/tabid/660/Default.aspx?aid=1873 

This is now the largest ASW exercise in the world. We had 6 Diesel Electric submarines - 2 from Turkey, 1 Greek, 1 Italian, 1 Norwegian and 1 Spanish. Aircraft at the Exercise were Italian EH101 and SH3D land based helos (operating from Catania), Greek S70 land based helos , Italian Atlantique 1, French Atlantique 2, German P3, Spanish P3, US P3, and UK Nimrod (operating from Sigonella). Ships from NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) also participated along with their organic helos. 

Here is a press release on the Exercise

http://www.afsouth.nato.int/organization/CC_MAR_Naples/PressReleases/CC-MAR/pressreleases08/NR_01_08.htm 

As NATO transforms, so does the exercise programme and the focus of the Exercise is now SNMG2's Nato Response Force(NRF) ASW Capability. 

Cheers

Chris Bowen

NATO

Naples, Italy

 

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