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<p>The UK has put in place a significant and comprehensive package of measures to
demonstrate our commitment to NATO and collective defence and to reassure our Eastern
Allies.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has no planned exercises or deployments in Finland, however
we have recently completed or are participating in the following exercises in the
Baltic region;</p><p> </p><p>• Exercise STEADFAST JAVLIN in Estonia (17-23 May). The
UK deployed 80 personnel from the 1st Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
under NATO command for a field exercise.</p><p>• Exercise BALTOPS in the Baltic Sea
(6-21 June). The UK deployed a warship (HMS Montrose) on this NATO maritime exercise
in the Baltic Sea.</p><p>• Exercise SABRE Strike in Estonia and Latvia (9-20 June).
The UK deployed 1 Company from the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (approximately
100 personnel), 12 Artillery and Engineer experts and two exercise controllers to
participate in a U.S. Army Europe-led multi-national brigade exercise.</p><p>• Exercise
RAMSTEIN GUARD in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and North Atlantic (21-25 July). The
UK will send two observers from the Joint Ground Based Air Defence Command based at
High Wycombe to assess the UK's ability to support this annual series of NATO Air
defence exercises in the future.</p><p>• Exercise BALTIC HOST in Baltic States (6-12
Oct 14) The UK will provide staff officers to participate in a tri-national Command
Post.</p><p> </p><p>There are also 4 RAF Typhoon aircraft deployed to Lithuania in
support of NATO's peacetime Baltic Air Policing mission which will return at the end
of August. There are at present no plans to extend these commitments further, as future
mission rotations are filled by Allies for the foreseeable future. However, we keep
the situation under constant review and any potential future UK participation would
be dictated by the regional situation and NATO requirements.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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