NATO confirmed this Thursday: largest military maneuvers in decades The exercises, which will run until May, will involve the deployment of 90,000 troops from all Alliance countries to Europe and simulate a conflict scenario.
Steadfast Defender 2024 practices, which are called for the implementation of the new Defense plans agreed on last year in the face of the threat of Russia due to the military occupation of Ukraine, will start next week and continue for months if a large number of soldiers move. Troops and military vehicles from North America to Europe.
This was announced by US General Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), with Cavoli detailing that with these significant maneuvers, NATO will “demonstrate its ability to strengthen the Euro-Atlantic region through the transatlantic movement of forces from North America.”
“This reinforcement will take place during a conflict simulation scenario against an enemy with similar capabilities,” Cavoli said at a press conference in Brussels. Military Committee meeting NATO.
The military organization considers these maneuvers as a “clear indication” of the Atlantic unity, strength and determination based on mutual defense, which is included in Article 5 of the NATO agreement.
These large-scale exercises coincide with the 75th anniversary of NATO, which will hold a leaders’ summit in Washington next July, in another sign of Western unity against Russia in the face of the military occupation of Ukraine. Britain announced at the beginning of the week that it would deploy 20,000 soldiers to Eastern Europe for these maneuvers. NATO’s largest since the Cold War It will take place from February to June.