BERLIN: NATO will begin the largest air force deployment exercise in Europe in the alliance's history on Monday (Jun 12) in a display of unity toward partners and potential threats such as Russia. The German-led 'Air Defender 23' will run until Jun 23 and include some 250 military aircraft from 25 NATO and
BERLIN: NATO will begin the largest air force deployment exercise in Europe in the alliance's history on Monday in a display of unity toward partners and potential threats such as Russia.
Up to 10,000 people will participate in the drills intended to boost interoperability and preparedness to protect against drones and cruise missiles in the case of an attack on cities, airports or sea ports within NATO territory. He said that while NATO would defend"every centimetre" of its territory, the exercise would not"send any flights, for example, in the direction of Kaliningrad", the Russian enclave bordering alliance member states Poland and Lithuania."We are a defensive alliance and that is how this exercise is planned," he said.
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