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Operation Ice Camp Boarfish 2026 is underway in the Arctic Ocean, featuring US Navy submarines USS Santa Fe and USS Delaware along with allied forces from multiple NATO nations. This three-week training exercise emphasizes submarine operations under the polar ice cap and aims to enhance operational capabilities and interoperability.

The exercise is named to honor the USS Boarfish, a WWII submarine. Concurrently, NATO has opened a Combined Air Operations Center in Bodø, Norway, to improve air command in the region. Future NATO exercises are planned despite ongoing conflict in Iran, raising concerns about resource allocation for these operations.