UK Defense Journal
March 6, 2023

Massive NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise kicks off

The exercise involves ships, submarines, aircraft, and personnel from nine Allied nations in the Central Mediterranean Sea for anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare training.

Dynamic Manta (DYMA23) commenced on February 27 off the coast of Sicily.

The primary objective of Dynamic Manta is to provide all participants with comprehensive and challenging warfare training to improve interoperability and proficiency in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare skills.

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The exercise comprises submarines from Greece, Italy, Turkey, and the United States navies, along with surface ships from Canada, Greece, Italy, Spain, Türkiye, and the U.S., including the ships of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2.

In addition, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States are providing air assets, including maritime patrol aircraft.

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Dynamic Manta is one of nearly a dozen MARCOM-led maritime exercises conducted each year, in addition to numerous national exercises, to enhance readiness….

Its sister exercise, Dynamic Mongoose, is held in the cold waters of the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom Gap.