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‘Admiral Juan de Borbón’ has worked during this semester the North Sea And Baltic Seawith other ships of the Germany, Norway, France and Italycarrying out surrealist training exercises that are combined with Russian naval surveillance. This mission will be led by Spain By July,

As a concrete example of its activities, last April the frigate accompanied the German ship AOR A1443 ‘Rhone‘, took part in training exercises in the waters of the Baltic Sea Eurofighters German and F-18 Spanish, deployed to the Baltic Air Police (BAP) mission in Lithuania.

At the end of last February, the Charge d’Affaires, José María Robles Fraga, and the Defense Attaché, Captain José Luis Nieto Fernández, visited the ships. 31st and 41st Naval Squadronswho landed in Portsmouth After participating in the first phase of the NATO Steadfast Defender 24 maneuvers.

This visit coincides with the appearance southampton NATO’s Standing Naval Group No. 1 is commanded by a Spanish admiral on board Frigate Juan de Borbon and which also has a supply ship integrated “Cantabria”. In addition to the above vessels, Frigate Christopher Columbus.All of them took part in the above NATO naval maneuvers.

Defense believes that a permanent presence in the region is “essential” for deterrence. Indeed, last April Defense Minister Margarita Robles traveled Helsinki To visit this frigate, the command ship was deployed to Finland, where he spared no effort in praising its personnel.

Robles explained that missions like this provide a “basic” tool Security of countries bordering Russiawho are “really concerned about the possible escalation and expansion of the war zone.” “They are small countries with even smaller armed forces and capabilities,” the minister said. He stressed that this is where it becomes important for them to know that “all countries in the coalition have the common objective of guaranteeing security and stability jointly.”

The Navy believes that the Juan de Borbon battleship is one of the most advanced warships it has. AEGIS Battle System Its strong point is anti-aircraft warfare, but “it is capable of defending a naval force against a variety of threats, whether aerial, surface or underwater, in high, medium and low intensity scenarios.”

This warship, which serves as the ship’s godmother, was launched on 28 February 2002 Column of Bourbon and BattenbergDaughter of Admiral Juan de Borbón and sister of Juan Carlos I. She was handed over to the Navy on 3 December 2003, with Juan Carlos I presiding over the ceremony. Jose Maria Aznar, Chairman of the Government.