Wrt. the claim about BALTOPS, https://sfn.nato.int/newsroom/news-archive/2022/lasting-mine-countermeasures-partnerships-built-during-baltops-22 https://sfn.nato

Wrt. the claim about BALTOPS, https://sfn.nato.int/newsroom/news-archive/2022/lasting-mine-countermeasures-partnerships-built-during-baltops-22 https://sfn.nato.int/newsroom/news-archive/2022/lasting-mine... seems relevant: > Lasting Mine Countermeasures partnerships built during BALTOPS 22 > Experimentation on new types of unmanned underwater vehicles were also tested off the coast of Bornholm Island, Denmark during the exercise. Them having used mines in prior BALTOPS exercises doesn't necessarily preclude what Seymour noted. BALTOPS 22 _does_ seem to have been more mine-focused than usual, according to the article.