The command Ship of the U.S. Navy USS Mount Whitney entered the waters of the Baltic sea. About it informed resource monitoring Marine Traffic. The ship will take part in the naval NATO exercises Baltops (Baltic Operations) 2019, which will be held from 9 to 21 June in the Baltic sea. In total, the maneuvers will involve 18 countries-members of NATO and partners in the Commonwealth. Will involve about 12 thousand soldiers, 44 warships and more than 40 airplanes and helicopters. during Baltops 2019 are expected to conduct amphibious operations, testing operations, air defense and a battle with surface ships and submarine forces of a potential enemy. The exercises will be held in the South of the Baltic sea and off the coast of Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Denmark. USS Mount Whitney Command Ship Blue Ridge. It can transmit and receive large volumes of protected data to any point of the Earth via different communication channels. Entered service in January 1971. The ship is armed with several small-caliber cannons, machine guns, its carrier battle group consists of one helicopter SH-60 Knight Hawk. Russia in the past few years informs about the unprecedented activity of NATO on its Western borders. The Alliance increases sentences and calls it a " deterring Russian aggression ". Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov have said before that Moscow, for anybody not a danger, however, will not leave without attention, the potential threat to its interests. The chief of the General staff military power of Russia Valery Gerasimov also called on NATO to stop military activity near the borders of the country to reduce tensions. <span style="color:darkgray