The exercises, lasting over two weeks, saw participation from 20 NATO member countries. Activities included convoy operations, anti-submarine warfare, port defense, and amphibious landings.

This year marked the first BALTOPS since Finland and Sweden joined NATO. Exercises spanned the Baltic basin and land areas in Lithuania, Germany, Sweden, and Poland, including parachute jumps and amphibious landings at Ustka’s Central Air Force Training Range.

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The #HIMARS, renowned for its mobility, can unleash a relentless barrage of precision-guided missiles in rapid succession. Deployment of this mobile artillery system was practiced in 🇸🇪 during #BALTOPS24, NATO's premier large-scale maritime-focused exercise. pic.twitter.com/47tD4TbjHq

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The 17-day exercises involved over 50 various class ships. The largest was the USS New York, which docked in Gdynia, northern Poland.

Poland's Navy was represented by the 3rd Ship Flotilla and 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla, including the missile frigate ORP General K. Pułaski, tanker ORP Bałtyk, minesweeper ORP Necko, and the transport-mining ship ORP Poznań, which carried Romanian marines and soldiers from the 7th Coastal Defense Brigade.

🪖 Footage from the Navy ships participating in #BALTOPS24 by #NATO in the #BalticSea. pic.twitter.com/MFyyCJsH1o

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The U.S. Navy has organized these exercises for over 50 years, initially showcasing NATO's strength and defending the Danish Straits against the Warsaw Pact. Post-Berlin Wall, the focus shifted to integrating aspiring NATO members, inviting former Eastern Bloc countries like Poland from 1993.