MINEX 13-1 – A NATO Exercise – was headed up this year by the Hunt Class Minecountermeasure Vessel CATTISTOCK which took place of the coast of Spain involving ships from Spain, France, Turkey and the Royal Navy.     MINEX 13-1 tested NATO forces against a variety of threats such as fast attack craft and terrorist drones whilst dealing with a complex mine counter-measures battle.   This exercise is the latest in a series of mission rehearsal events that the CATTISTOCK is undertaking as the lead ship in NATO’s Standing Naval Mine Counter-Measures Group 2.