Ten Joint Expeditionary Force Nations Due to Sign a Naval Partnership Aboard HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo on November 10, Covering Cooperation Toward the Baltic Sea
Oslo — The ten countries of the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force are due to sign a naval partnership today, November 10, aboard the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo, covering the Baltic Sea, the Financial Times reported. The JEF is a rapid-response coalition consisting of ten northern European nations led by the United Kingdom: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
The partnership forms part of the United Kingdom's Northern Navies initiative, which has the backing of all ten JEF members. Details of the initiative are still being finalised, according to naval trade reporting; under it, members will agree to more joint exercises and military planning, as well as shared training, logistics, procurement and capability development.
HMS Prince of Wales arrived in Oslo this weekend after an intensive fortnight of training in and around Norway, the Royal Navy said, and will serve as the venue for the Atlantic Future Forum and the First Sea Lord's International Sea Power Conference, bringing defence leaders, industry and policymakers together to discuss the future of Euro-Atlantic security. Around 500 political and military leaders are expected aboard for the meetings, which run from November 10 to 12, Norwegian media reported. The 284-meter carrier was escorted into Oslo by the British destroyer HMS Dauntless, the Norwegian frigate KNM Fridtjof Nansen and the coast guard vessel KV Nornen, and harbor and airspace restrictions in Oslo remain in place until November 13.
The Royal Navy said the fourth iteration of the Neptune Strike workout, which ended just before the Oslo visit, involved 17 nations who committed 20 warships and 40 aircraft, and that the carrier's F-35B jets escorted a US B-52 bomber alongside Norwegian Air Force F-35As during the deployment. The Oslo visit concludes the carrier's 2026 Operation Firecrest deployment.
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