NATO communications exercise gets underway in Lithuania

  • 2017-05-22
  • BNS/TBT Staff

VILNIUS - Around 1,200 troops from 25 NATO member states are taking part in the communications units exercise Steadfast Cobalt, which officially got underway in Lithuania on Sunday.

The exercise, which will last until Jun. 2, "will put to test the ability of NATO communications units to ensure information exchange and communication among combat units of the NATO Response Force, joint and component headquarters worldwide," the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said.

The exercise command and control center with infrastructure has been deployed to the Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion in Lithuania's second-biggest city of Kaunas.  

Lithuania is hosting Steadfast Cobalt for the second time.