The American “floating Pentagon” wrapped in Stockholm. Earlier he was patrolled by the Baltic

The American ship of management and command USS Mount Whitney moored on Thursday at the port of Frihamnen in Stockholm. The ship called the “floating Pentagon” for a month patrolled the Baltic Sea as part of NATO Baltops 25 exercises.

“We had interactions with Russian aircraft flying nearby” – revealed the ship commander Captain Colin Price in a statement for Swedish SVT television.

There are command, communication and control systems on the nearly 200-meter USS Mount Whitney. The unit is not a combat nature, although it has armament, as well as a helicopter landing pad. On Thursday, 300 military, politicians and diplomats were invited to board the ship.

He called the presence of the American ship in the Baltic Price “a show of allied unity”.

In June, USS Mount Whitney took part in international exercises under the auspices of NATO, Baltops 25. In this year's maneuvers, over 50 ships, 25 aircraft and 9,000 took part in the maneuvers. soldiers from 16 countries, including Poland.

As the Swedish armed forces reported, they were practiced, among others “NATO's common ability to scare away interference in global supply chains and threats to communication and trade routes.” New this year was “integration of unmanned systems”. The Swedish Navy in the Baltic Sea sent, among others submarine.

From Stockholm Daniel Zyśk (PAP)

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