{"id":25963,"date":"2020-07-20T18:05:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T18:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/20\/nato-black-sea-exercise-kicks-off-as-moscow-puts-its-regional-forces-on-alert\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:15:42","slug":"nato-black-sea-exercise-kicks-off-as-moscow-puts-its-regional-forces-on-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2020\/07\/20\/nato-black-sea-exercise-kicks-off-as-moscow-puts-its-regional-forces-on-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Black Sea exercise kicks off as Moscow puts its regional forces on alert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. warship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/surflant\/ddg78\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=_blank>Porter<\/a> entered the Black Sea on Sunday to take part in an annual NATO exercise, days after Russia placed its Black Sea forces on alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sea Breeze 2020 is cohosted by the United States and Ukraine and involves more than 2,000 personnel from Bulgaria, Georgia, Norway, Romania, Spain and Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will run through July 26 and focus on warfare areas such as air defense, anti-sub warfare, damage control and search and rescue, according to a Navy release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Navy P-8A Poseidon sub hunter aircraft is also participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercise will take place exclusively at sea to help mitigate COVID-19, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/06\/29\/russians-post-video-of-their-intercept-of-navy-air-force-aircraft-over-black-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Russian-Intercept.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russians post video of their intercept of Navy, Air Force aircraft over Black Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Russia scrambled an Su-30 fighter on Friday to intercept an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, a P-8 Poseidon and a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft, according to Russian authorities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porter\u2019s arrival comes after Russia\u2019s Black Sea Fleet and units elsewhere conducted a \u201csnap combat readiness check,\u201d Russia\u2019s state-run news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/1179829\" target=_blank>TASS<\/a> reported Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Moscow\u2019s Black Sea-based forces, that check involved warships, combat aircraft and more than 3,000 personnel, according to TASS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the exercise, the ships\u2019 crew made their urgent preparation for a battle and practiced withdrawing the main forces from a notional enemy\u2019s strike,\u201d the fleet\u2019s press office told TASS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1020\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Porter.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Porter.jpeg.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Porter.jpeg.jpg?resize=300,239 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Porter.jpeg.jpg?resize=768,612 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Porter.jpeg.jpg?resize=1024,816 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The U.S. warship Porter, shown here in an undated photo, steamed into the Black Sea Sunday, July 19, 2020. 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