The UK has led Exercise Lion Protector 26, a major Joint Expeditionary Force training operation across the North Atlantic, High North and Baltic Sea designed to counter Russian hybrid threats. The exercise coincides with a JEF defence ministers’ summit in Iceland, where Canada’s membership application and Ukraine cooperation are under discussion. Hundreds of British personnel have trained alongside allies from the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) during Exercise Lion Protector 26, a multi-domain operation spanning the North Atlantic, High North and Baltic Sea. The exercise tested the coalition’s ability to protect critical national infrastructure, coordinate joint command and control, and…
