page_title: BALTOPS
hierarchical_section_title: BALTOPS
caption_attribution_description: English: The East German Volksmarine frigate Berlin (142) underway near NATO ships participating in "Exercise BALTOPS '85".
context_page_description: BALTOPS is an annual military exercise, held and sponsored by the Commander, United States Naval Forces Europe, since 1971, in the Baltic Sea and the regions surrounding it.
  The purpose of BALTOPS is to train gunnery, replenishment at sea, anti-submarine warfare, radar tracking & interception, mine countermeasures, seamanship, search and rescue, maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potential real world crises and maritime security.
context_section_description: BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) is an annual military exercise, held and sponsored by the Commander, United States Naval Forces Europe, since 1971, in the Baltic Sea and the regions surrounding it.
  The purpose of BALTOPS is to train gunnery, replenishment at sea, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), radar tracking & interception, mine countermeasures, seamanship, search and rescue, maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potential real world crises and maritime security.
caption: A port bow view of the East German Koni class frigate Berlin underway near NATO ships participating in NATO Exercise BALTOPS '85, on 1 October 1985
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