NATO Anti-Submarine Exercise Dynamic Merlin 26 Runs November 9-13 Off Sweden; Ships From Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden Take Part, With Live Unannounced Drone Attacks Added for the First Time
NATO warships are being tested against live, unannounced drone attacks in the Baltic Sea as part of Dynamic Merlin 26, an anti-submarine warfare exercise running from November 9 to 13 off the coast of Sweden, according to reports from NATO Allied Maritime Command. Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) is leading the surface component, with ships from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden taking part, alongside maritime patrol aircraft from France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom. German and Swedish submarines operate submerged while warships and aircraft attempt to locate them.
Commanders said the 2026 iteration goes beyond submarine hunting to include anti-drone and anti-missile scenarios. Rear Admiral John Craddock, Commander Submarines NATO, said drone warfare has become a threat to everybody and that the exercise is meant to determine what counter-drone equipment works, informing future procurement decisions. Rear Admiral Nicolas Molitor, the French officer commanding SNMG1, said the drone attack scenarios would run live and without advance warning to crews, forcing them to detect, react to, and destroy targets as they would in an actual engagement.
The SNMG1 task group comprises the Dutch combat support ship HNLMS Den Helder, serving as flagship, the German combat support ship FGS Berlin, the Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Québec, the Danish anti-submarine frigate HDMS Esbern Snare, and the Finnish fast attack corvette FNS Hamina. Rear Admiral Johan Norlén, Chief of the Royal Swedish Navy, called the Baltic Sea a difficult undersea environment for detection. The exercise builds on earlier drills including Dynamic Manta, Dynamic Mongoose and Playbook Merlin, with lessons learned feeding into tactics and equipment choices going forward, the reports said.
Source: Reports from NATO Allied Maritime Command, as compiled in published reporting of November 9, 2026.
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