Northern Coasts 2013 - Military Exercise On Gotland, Sweden

[Viper123_SWE]

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Northern Coasts exercise (NOCO) is a naval multinational invitation exercise for NATO and EU countries. The exercise is conducted from 6 to 19 September in the southern and central Baltic.

NOCO is a professional exercise designed to exercise smaller units and match the needs for the Baltic countries.

The goal of the exercise is to train the units, working together in a multinational task force, in confined and shallow waters, applying a crisis scenario.

The exercise is divided into two phases. The main objective through both phases is to let the units experience and train how to work within a multinational naval force. During the first phase the units will train cooperation conducted by a serialized program. During the second phase, the units will enter a free play scenario. The level of training is intensified throughout the exercise.

More than 40 ships, 10 helicopters and a total of 2500 sailors and soldiers, from 14 different nations, will participate in NOCO 2013.
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[url]http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/About-the-Armed-Forces/Exercises/Northern-Coasts-2013/[/url]

So far there have been various exercises, including torpedo disarms, mine hunting and combat exercises.
For most of the participating nations (Except for Norway, Sweden and Denmark.) the swedish environment is a new interesting type of battlefield that they're not used to operate in, thus giving their respective forces alot of new experience.

Images of minehunters, germans and stealth ships:

[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71236376/NC2013_03.png[/IMG]
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71236376/NC2013_SWE-GER01.png[/IMG]
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71236376/NC2013_SWE-GER03.png[/IMG]
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71236376/NC2013GER03.png[/IMG]
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71236376/NC2013STEIL.png[/IMG]

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[Kath]

hnnng swedish hardware is so sexy

[MajorMattem]

That picture of that guy using an MP7 is awesome. Even if only for the fact that it's an MP7.