Navy finalizes plans for training in Puget Sound
The Navy has finalized a Northwest training and testing plan to include new biennial exercises in offshore waters and mine-warfare exercises in Puget Sound.
The training is intended to help the Navy maintain combat-ready forces, and a statement released Friday said the impacts on human, natural and cultural environment “were carefully considered. The exercises are planned primarily within existing testing ranges and operating areas in Northwest waters and off southeast Alaska.
The training includes:
• Small boat-attack gunnery exercises;
• Missile exercises with high explosives that will occur at least 50 nautical miles offshore;
• Maritime-security operations and testing of undersea hardware;
The plan, which follows years of research, analysis and consultations with tribes, is outlined in a new document based on an environmental-impact statement.
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