US Navy’s 10,140-ton destroyer tests air defenses with two Nordic allies in Baltic

What happened

The ship left Stockholm on October 5 and reached Helsinki on October 8, with joint training taking place along the way. These exercises tested how the three allies could work together in naval operations and target engagement.

Navy guided-missile destroyer, conducted live-fire drills and air-defense exercises with Finnish and Swedish crews while transiting the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia in early October. They were also part of larger U.S.

and Nordic maritime activities across northern Europe and the North Atlantic. Nordic crews help navigate Baltic waters Swedish and Finnish naval personnel boarded the USS Paul Ignatius in Stockholm on October 5.