User talk:DonaldRichardSands/Operation Nonook (Canada)

=Operation Nanook 2007=

Operation Nanook 2007 was the 2007 annual joint exercise of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard to train for disaster and sovereignty patrols in the Arctic. Similar exercises have been conducted every year since.

Elements of the Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police joined with elements of the Canadian Forces in the exercise. The frigate HMCS Fredericton the minesweeper HMCS Summerside, the submarine HMCS Corner Brook, CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft, reservists from the local Canadian Rangers, and Primary Reserve soldiers from across Canada composed the Canadian Forces component.

During the exercise the Summerside played a drug smuggling vessel, nicknamed the MV Rusty Bucket.

Participating forces
The Royal Danish Navy, sent the HDMS Vædderen and the HDMS ''Knud Rasmussen. The Vædderen is a frigate sized Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels, launched in 1996. The Knud Rasmussen is a new vessel, commissioned in 2008, the lead ship of a class specifically designed to patrol Baffin Bay.

The United States sent the USS Porter and the USCGC Alder. The USS Porter is a United States Navy Guided Missile Destroyer commissioned in 1999. The USCGC Alder is United States Coast Guard buoy tender homeported in Duluth, on the Great Lakes.

Canada sent the HMCS Montréal, HMCS Goose Bay, HMCS Glace Bay, and the CCGS Henry Larsen. The HMCS Montréal is a Halifax class frigate, commissioned in 1993. The Goose Bay and the Glace Bay are Kingston class coastal defence vessels, commissioned in 1996 and 1998. The Henry Larsen is the only icebreaker among the vessels.

Commentary
The Russian Newspaper Pravda described the exercise as "saber rattling".