Northern Wedding

Northern Wedding

Northern Wedding was a NATO Cold War naval military exercise conducted every four years, designed to test NATO's ability to rearm and resupply Europe during times of war.

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Exercises

  • 1978 September. The exercise was conducted by 40,000 men, 22 submarines, and 800 aircraft from nine countries [1]. Two amphibious landing took place, one in the Shetland Islands and a second in Denmark [2]
  • 1982 Late August to September. 160 ships and 250 aircraft participated in the exercise. And there were two amphibious landings.
  • 1986 Late August to September. The exercise included an amphibious landing in Norway.

Gallery - Northern Wedding '86

NATO Fleet

Soviet Navy

References

  1. ^ www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv59-forrestal/cv59-forrestal.html
  2. ^ www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/s/lpd-12/1978.pdf

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