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A NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise has begun off the coast of Italy. Dynamic Manta involves ships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from nine NATO Allies.

A NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise has begun off the coast of Italy. Dynamic Manta (DYMAN20) involves ships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from nine NATO countries.
The aim of the exercise is to provide all participants with complex and challenging warfare training, to enhance their interoperability and proficiency in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare skills, with due regard to safety.
A NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise has begun off the coast of Italy. Dynamic Manta (DYMAN20) involves ships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from nine NATO countries.
The aim of the exercise is to provide all participants with complex and challenging warfare training, to enhance their interoperability and proficiency in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare skills, with due regard to safety.
This footage includes shots of an Italian Navy submarine, an Italian Navy helicopter and an interview with US Rear Admiral E. Andrew Burcher, Commander Submarines NATO.

1. (00:00) ITALIAN ITS TODARO CLASS SUBMARINE MOVES THROUGH THE OCEAN
2. (00:21) ITALIAN NAVY NH90 MITT HELICOPTER FLYING OVER THE OCEAN
3. (00:40) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Rear Admiral E. Andrew Burcher, Commander Submarines NATO

“Anti-submarine warfare is a team sport. It requires surface, air and submarine assets to locate another submarine. The importance of the exercise Dynamic Manta is that we are practising that team sport on the equivalent of the pitch out here at sea and we are improving our skill sets as a team.”

1. (01:04) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Rear Admiral E. Andrew Burcher, Commander Submarines NATO

“So we have five submarines from four different nations, with nine different countries with nine different surface ships and various different components, along with the fixed-wing aircraft which we call MPA – Maritime Patrol Aircraft – along with the helicopters that are part of the ship's helicopters, as well as two helicopters from a land-based squadron, all in the exercise. So it's a great number of folks and a great number of assets that are practising as this team.”

1. (01:44) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Rear Admiral E. Andrew Burcher, Commander Submarines NATO

“Well, with each iteration of a submarine that is developed, they improve the quiet aspect of the submarine. So a submarine’s main asset is its covertness. And as countries continue to develop and build submarines, they become more quiet. So it's important that in each iteration that we improve our ability to find those quiet submarines.”
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