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| The Hellenic Navy Psara, F-454, front, sails past the Israeli Navy Keshet, Saar 4.5, while transiting the Mediterranean Sea as seen from the bridge wing of the U.S. destroyer Porter during Exercise Noble Dina on April 4, 2016. Photo Credit, MC3 Robert S. Price/US Navy |
Barbara Opall-Rome
ISRAELI NAVY HEADQUARTERS, Haifa – The trilateral Noble Dina exercise between the American, Israeli and Hellenic navies will begin later this month, with nearly a dozen surface ships, submarines and related air assets scheduled to engage in joint reconnaissance, counterterror and antisubmarine warfare training.
Cyprus will participate as an observer in the annual three-way drill, which begins in Greece and will conclude in mid-April here at the Israeli Navy headquarters in Haifa, said Commander Assaf Boneh, the head of international cooperation for the Israeli sea service.
“It’s one of our most important exercises that allows us to hone our proficiencies in very complex scenarios,” Boneh told Defense News. “We’ll be training in a vast area from Greece to Israel, and this gives us a lot of room to practice multiple scenarios that require jointness.”
