Nordic Response

About 3,000 soldiers from the British 3 Commando Brigade, completed their annual winter training by taking part in the exercise.

Following an earthquake in a fictional nation called Asando, an armed conflict by extremists and separation-groups against government forces erupts.

[9] According to a Norwegian Joint Headquarters spokesman, this is 5,000 fewer troops than expected due to the concurrent Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[11] NATO initiated the Nordic Response 2024 exercise with over 20,000 troops from 13 nations, including Finland, Norway and Sweden.

[13] A Royal Norwegian Air Force C-130 Hercules crashed during the exercise in the north of Sweden on 15 March 2012 where all five on board were killed.

[14] A United States Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey[15] aircraft crashed in Beiarn Municipality during the exercise on 18 March 2022.