Royal Navy Divers work with NATO allies in Iceland for training in neutralising underwater and land bombs


Royal Navy divers joined counterparts from across NATO in Iceland for the alliance’s biggest test dealing with homemade bombs.

They neutralised underwater threats and disposed of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during training which reflected real-life scenarios during Exercise Northern Challenge. Personnel from the Royal Navy’s Diving and Threat Exploitation Group worked alongside personnel from 17 nations, including the US, Canada, New Zealand, Germany and Nordic countries, for the exercise which saw increasingly realistic situations played out.

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Source: Royal Navy News


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