HMS Dragon joins NATO missile defence drills in North Atlantic

The Royal Navy warship sets sail for Europe's largest live-fire exercise.
Text: Óscar Ontañón Docal
Published 2025-05-07

The latest news on the United Kingdom. We now know that HMS Dragon has departed Faslane to participate in NATO's Formidable Shield 2025, a major integrated air and missile defence exercise in the North Atlantic.

The British destroyer will join 16 ships, 27 aircraft and 8 ground units from 11 Allied nations to test collective defences against subsonic, supersonic and ballistic threats. The exercise, led by the US Sixth Fleet and STRIKFORNATO, aims to refine allied coordination and deterrence capabilities through complex live-fire scenarios. Check out some images below.

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PORTSMOUTH, UK - 5TH MAR 2021: The Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS DRAGON returns to its home port after three weeks of Operational Sea Training

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