Sweden trains with NATO Allies in Exercise Aurora 2023.Sweden has hosted an exercise involving 26,000 personnel from Sweden and various NATO Allies including Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. Exercise Aurora 23 tested Sweden’s capacity to defend itself against any potential threat.

Exercise Aurora 23 ran from 17 April until 11 May and took place primarily in southern Sweden and in and around Gotland. The Swedish Armed Forces trained alongside various NATO Allies to exchange tactics and to enhance a long-standing cooperation.

As Gotland is vital to securing the Baltic Sea, Swedish troops practise rapidly reinforcing the island during Aurora 23, a US-led maritime exercise.

The Swedish island of Gotland hosted defence drills as part of a Baltic Operatians,

Situated roughly 100 kilometres off the Swedish coast, Gotland has a commanding view of the Baltic Sea, which makes it strategically vital terrain for the Swedish Armed Forces. As part of Aurora 23, exercises,Swedish soldiers practised the rapid reinforcement and defence of the island against a simulated enemy. Sweden is hosting this year’s exercise, which coincides with the 500th anniversary of the Swedish Navy.
The exercise is led by the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Italy, with Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), based in Portugal, implementing command and control of the exercise.

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