Exercise Bold Monarch 2011, a major NATO live submarine escape and rescue exercise will be in the Mediterranean off the coast of Cartegena, Spain from 1-9 June 2011. Approximately 2000 participants will come from over 10 nations, including 3 partner nations and 1 Mediterranean Dialogue country.
During the exercise, three submarines, one each from the Netherlands, Norway and France, will be bottomed to simulate sinking. Support personnel and equipment from Canada, France Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, The Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States will work together to solve complex rescue and medical problems in a variety of demanding scenarios.
This last information contradics with news from Russia. The Russian Website Rusnavy claims that Russian Black Sea Fleet is preparing Kilo Class submarine Alrosa for this exercise, although definitive decision has not been made yet. If the decision is positive, the submarine would have to sail off Sevastopol early in May to reach the Mediterranean Sea via Bosporus and Dardanelles.
Considering that Bold Monarch is a search-and-rescue exercise, several BSF salvage ships and tugs may also paticipate.
Will a Russian submarine realy take part in a NATO exercise? We will have to wait. Numbered days passes quickly says one Turkish proverb.
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Alrosa will join the exercise due to homepage of bold monarch 11 web site.
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