Over 1,500 sailors from seven NATO member states took part in Poseidon 2017 military drills in the Black Sea near the port of Constanta on Wednesday. 17 battle ships, a Puma IAR 330 navy helicopter, two MiG21 Lancer jet fighters and two speedboats took part in the multinational drills, which involved troops from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The excercises are due to last until March 13th and are part of Operation Atlantic Resolve.