THE River Clyde will host part of a major military exercise which starts tomorrow and runs for 13 days.
Thousands of service personnel from armed forces across the world will take part in the UK-led Exercise Joint Warrior off Scotland’s west and east coasts.
It involves 31 warships and submarines, 60 aircraft, and around 6,500 personnel from 14 nations, and will be co-ordinated from HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane.
The 14 nations taking part are the UK, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the US.
Joint Warrior is linked to the NATO exercise programme and is one of the largest tri-service and multinational exercises of its kind in Europe, incorporating the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force.
Many of the vessels taking part will berth at HM Naval Base Clyde before and after the exercise. The base will also host hundreds of additional personnel from the Joint Tactical Exercise Planning Staff (JTEPS), who will co-ordinate Joint Warrior. Training in skills such as counter-smuggling and insurgency, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, mine counter-measures operations, joint firing, composite air operations, reconnaissance and electronic warfare training will be practised.
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