2024-01-18 16:31:38
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced this Thursday (01/18/2024) that it will begin next week its largest military exercise “in decades”, a several-month operation in which 90,000 soldiers of the alliance will participate.
US General Christopher Cavoli, head of NATO’s European Command, said the exercise, called “Steadfast Defender”, will run until May with the participation of all 31 NATO countries and Sweden, which aspires to join the alliance. military.
The scenario of the military exercise, which will begin in February, consists of the simulation of a Russian attack on allied territory that triggers Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, which enshrines the promise of collective defense. This article has been invoked only once, after the Al Qaeda attacks in 2001.
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