Dynamic Manta, formerly Proud Manta and Noble Manta, is an annual military exercise held by NATO that "aimed at testing submarine warfare and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. It provides a framework for naval forces to maintain high readiness and ability to operate together."Nato factsheet It takes place primarily in the Mediterranean Sea and has been held since approximately 2006.
It is one of three exercises run by Allied Maritime Command in addition to Dynamic Merlin, which takes place in the Baltic sea, and Dynamic Mongoose, which takes place in the North Sea.
Dynamic Manta 2021
Dynamic Manta 2021 Participating ForcesUS Naval Institute Charles de Gaulle Languedoc Provence Chevalier PaulTanker Var Kountouriotis Kanaris Virginio FasanCarlo Margottini Cristóbal Colón Leopold I Turkish Kemalreis
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