Military News • NATO Conduct a Submarine Search and Rescue Exercise • Eastern Mediterranean Sea

  • 3 years ago
Military #News - A NATO submarine search and rescue exercise has taken place in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Dynamic Monarch/Kurtaran 2021 focused on utilising various technologies to save sailors stuck on a sunken submarine.

The #Military exercise involved assets and personnel from Italy and Turkey together with personnel from Canada, Greece, Spain and the #USA


It was organised by the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO) and was tied to the Turkish Navy exercise Kurtaran. It took place from 12 to 24 September off Aksaz, north-eastern Turkey.

The footage includes various shots of the exercise such as divers being lowered into the sea, simulated casualties being rescued from a submarine, plus soundbites from Turkish and Italian participants of the exercise.

All personnel were fully vaccinated against COVID19 and had their PCR tests prior to the exercise.

“ISMERLO communicates with 41 countries and is based exclusively on international cooperation in order to assist a submarine in difficulty with all available means everywhere in the world. ISMERLO is a coordination hub and a command and control tool in case there is a submarine in distress. It is not only available for NATO countries, but for all countries.”

"The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."



Credit to : NATO Channel

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