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Exercise Dynamic Manta: Anti-Submarine Warfare, B-Roll

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Feb. 25, 2016 | 2:42

In Catania, Italy eight nations – France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the UK and the US – carry out anti-submarine warfare training in the Ionian Sea. This involves cooperation between air, surface and subsurface assets.

Footage includes – aerial shots of the exercise, shots on board Greek submarine, various shots from Naval Air Station, Sigonella.

It’s a game of cat and mouse in the Ionian Sea as eight nations - France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the UK and the US – practice anti-submarine warfare as part of NATO exercise Dynamic Manta. But who will win? The cat, or the mouse?

SHOTLIST

1. (00:00) VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS – SHIPS INVOLVED IN EXERCISE DYNAMIC MANTA IN FORMATION IN THE IONIAN SEA
2. (00:14) VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS – BRITISH ROYAL NAVY HELICOPTERS SEARCHING FOR SUBMARINES AT SEA AS PART OF EXERCISE DYNAMIC MANTA
3. (00:29) VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS – SUBMARINE IN IONIAN SEA AS PART OF EXERCISE DYNAMIC MANTA
4. (00:49) VARIOUS SHOTS – NAVY SHIPS AND SUBMARINES LEAVING HARBOUR IN CATANIA, ITALY AS PART OF EXERCISE DYNAMIC MANTA
5. (01:00) VARIOUS SHOTS – AIRCRAFT ON FLIGHT PATH AT NAVAL AIR STATION, SIGONELLA
6. (01:10) VARIOUS SHOTS – ON BOARD GREEK SUBMARINE
7. (01:21) CLOSE-UP – BRITISH ROYAL NAVY BADGE ON SHOULDER
8. (01:14) VARIOUS SHOTS – ON BOARD BRITISH ROYAL NAVY HELICOPTER DURING EXERCISE DYNAMIC MANTA
9. (01:30) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – REAR ADMIRAL GIORGIO LAZIO, CHIEF OF STAFF, NATO MARITIME COMMAND
“Hunting submarines, which is the key theme of the exercise, is probably the most challenging job at sea. Many navies have significantly invested in the last few years into these niche capabilities.”
10. (01:54) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – LIEUTENANT JEAN-LOUIS TABEL, PILOT, FRENCH MARITIME PATROL
“So the sonar buoys are put inside, and the TACCO inside the aircraft will drop them, to detect the submarine.”
11. (02:04) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – COMMANDER BRENDAN SPOORS, PILOT, BRITISH ROYAL NAVY
“We have a friendly submarine and an enemy submarine, the friendly being an Italian, and the Greeks today are playing the enemy. We'll fly out with our aircraft, and we'll use the sensors to detect that submarine.”
12. (02:04) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – REAR ADMIRAL GIORGIO LAZIO, CHIEF OF STAFF, NATO MARITIME COMMAND
“Dynamic Manta is a complex exercise, so the value of the exercise is in fact mirrored, by the participation by the nations. Having eight maritime capable nations participating with three dimensional assets means that all our nations are extremely aware how relevant is operating at sea for the future.”