Operation Sea Guardian

Operation Sea Guardian was launched as a maritime security operation by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the Warsaw Summit in July 2016, aiming to expand NATO's role within the . The operation was carried out by NATO member states Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, as well as the United Kingdom and United States.

Operation Sea Guardian took over from and transformed the role of Operation Active Endeavour, with its counter-terrorism mission being modified to encompass a considerably broader non-Article 5maritime security operation.