NATO launches major naval exercise off Spain's coast

25/3/2025 7:33

NATO on Monday started a large-scale multinational training exercise off the southwest coast of Spain, called the Dynamic Mariner/Flotex-25 exercise.



NATO's largest planned exercise for 2025 involves around 4,000 military personnel, 30 ships, two submarines, amphibious units, and aircraft from nine countries: France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Croatia, the United States, Greece, and T羹rkiye.



Taking place in the western Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, including Spanish territorial waters, the drill will continue until April 4th. It is designed to test the participants' capabilities in naval power projection, command and control, amphibious operations, anti-submarine warfare, and cyber defense, among others, while integrating cutting-edge technologies such as unmanned aircraft, according to Spain's defense ministry.