NATO WILL HOLD BIGGEST DRILLS SINCE COLD WAR WITH 90,000 TROOPS
NATO is launching its largest drill since Cold War. If a conflict could flare up with "near-peer" adversary, they have been rehearsing so US troops could reinforce allies from Europe in countries that border Russia and on the alliance's eastern flank.
About 90,000 troops are due to join the Steadfast Defender 2024 drills that will run through May. More than 50 ships from aircraft carriers to destroyers will take part, as well as more than 80 fighter jets. Helicopters and drones and at least 1,100 combat vehicles including 133 tanks and 533 infantry fighting vehicles. Cavoli said the drills would rehearse NATO's execution of its regional plans, the first defence plans the alliance has drawn up in decades, detailing how it would respond to a Russian attack.
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