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NATO launches Baltic Sentry

January 2025 Essential

What happened

Following several incidents involving critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, NATO launches the enhanced vigilance activity Baltic Sentry. NATO states that since January 2025 the activity has deployed a range of assets including frigates, maritime patrol aircraft and a fleet of naval drones, and that it is working with Allies to integrate national surveillance assets.

Baltic Sentry is the module's first standing activity created in response to hybrid pressure rather than to a military threat, and it is the mechanism the alliance later said it built Eastern Sentry on. Its existence does not establish attribution for any incident, and the module states that explicitly.

Confidence: High

WhenJanuary 2025
KindMaritime · Military · Political
ArenaBaltic states and Baltic Sea
Confidence: High Sources: NATO official texts and summit declarations↗ Methodology Corrections

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