Exercise Trident Fury 2006 to Run 8-19 May (in Victoria)

[arikara]

ESQUIMALT B.C. — The sea, land and sky of British Columbia will be filled with ships, troops and aircraft for Exercise Trident Fury May 8 to19. Over 2,000 personnel will be involved in the exercise, including a thousand visitors, which is anticipated to generate over $2 million in economic spin-offs for the community.

This exercise will build capability skills and expertise that can be deployed anywhere in the world, and allows the Canadian Forces (FC) to exercise its sovereignty at home and abroad. With the many challenges the province of BC poses, from fighting forest fires to search and rescue, this exercise represents an opportunity to enhance inter-agency cooperation.

The Canadian Navy will lead the exercise and will include participants from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), United Kingdom (UK), and units from Canada and the United States (US) in what will be the largest multi-national, joint and combined exercise held on the West Coast of Canada.

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http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1919

one of the US airplanes is nuclear arms capable

http://tinyurl.com/nuumy

They must be running out of stupid names. Vancouver Island was subjected to an exercise Trident Fury last year too.

[CanuckAmok]

1. Cool.

Hopefully the helicopters and jets will make enough noise to drown out the usual police sirens wailing to and from CFB Esquimalt.

BTW, I live 5km from the Base's front gates.