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Brooks Tigner, Brussels - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
09 June 2016
Guarding the Baltic and Black Sea areas and other international waters against anti-access/area (A2/AD) denial is a growing strategic imperative for NATO, says Vice Admiral James G Foggo, commander of the US Sixth Fleet and NATO's Naval Striking and Support Forces (STRIKFORNATO).
"There is a proliferation of weapons of asymmetric warfare [by Russia using] submarines, mines, anti-ship cruise missiles, and very sophisticated and accurate coastal radars," he said, adding that A2/AD tactics have been observed in the Black and Baltic Seas "and, more recently, in the eastern Mediterranean".
Foggo briefed reporters by teleconference on 8 June from his post on board the USS Mount Whitney , where he is leading NATO's multinational 'BALTOPS' maritime exercise, during 5-19 June.
Involving 6,100 maritime, ground, and air force troops from 17 countries, the exercise's scenarios are spread across Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and the Baltic Sea to test maritime interdiction, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), amphibious operations, and air defence.
"We are seeing an [emerging] anti-access/area denial strategy and we need to keep an eye on this because it can restrict commerce, the freedom of navigation, and sea lines of communication in international waters," he said.
He said lessons learnt from 'BALTOPS' 2015 frame the focus of the current exercise. "What came out of that is our desire to improve interoperability - specifically communications connectivity - and a common operating picture [in order] to expand our horizons in anti-submarine warfare," said Vice Adm Foggo.
Vice Adm Foggo and his fellow commanders repeatedly stressed the emphasis of BALTOPS on ASW where, for the first time in years, the event has three advanced-design diesel-electric submarines at its disposal: a Polish Type 207 (Sokol-class), a Portuguese Type 214 (Tridente-class), and a Swedish A 19 (Gotland-class) submarine."That's more than we've had for quite some time," said Rear Admiral Paddy McAlpine, UK Royal Navy and deputy commander of STRIKFORNATO.