Military in Grampian: Exercise Joint Warrior starts on Saturday

Planes and drones will be flying in and out RAF Lossiemouth when Exercise Joint Warrior gets under way on Saturday.

Eleven NATO nations will take part over the next fortnight, bringing 25 warships, three submarines, 30 aircraft and 6750 military personnel to military ranges across Scotland.

Participants will be faced with a huge range of realistic military tasks.

These include intelligence gathering and reconnaissance, anti-smuggling and counter-terrorism operations, humanitarian assistance and evacuation operations.

The activities include:

• Mine hunting exercises around Campbeltown, Loch Ewe, Gruinard Bay, Loch Broom, Little Loch Broom, Enard Bay and Shiant Bank.

• Amphibious operations at Loch Ewe (on private land), Loch Goil and Kyle of Lochalsh.
• Firing activity at Cape Wrath Weapons Range, Garvie Island and the QinetiQ Hebrides range in the North of Scotland.
• Exercise activity in the North Minch to the west of Ullapool involving fast small boats.
• GPS denial operations off the West coast of Scotland.

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