2023-09-03 18:02:00
The two-week NATO North Shore exercise in the Baltic Sea will start September 9. Some will participate in the maneuvers 30 vessels and more of 3000 soldiers from all the countries of the bloc in the Baltic, as well as from Belgium, Canada, the USA, France, the Netherlands and Sweden, who are going to carry out landings and land attacks from the sea.
Commander of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaackstated that the upcoming exercises of the military fleet will supposedly be a practice in case of “hypothetical attack” From Russia in the region, reports Archyde.com. The article stresses that the very tone of the statement points to a clear anti-Russian orientation and aggressiveness by NATO.
The vice admiral added that if the suwalki corridor —land located between Lithuania and Poland that connects Belarus with Kaliningrad, which is Russian territory—, something that can be easily done because there are only two highways and one railway line, “we will be left with the sea lanes, and that is where then we will have to break through.”
In parallel, the debate continues in the US Department of Defense about his military presence in Eastern Europe. Political officials claim that maintaining the 4,300 troops it would be useless, since their presence does not deter Russia. But military officials believe the US presence is necessary to show support for NATO countries, US media reported, citing three Defense Department representatives.
In addition, the US press indicates that the US Department of Defense has been offered a third option It will involve a partial rotation of 4,300 soldiers to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank, according to the report.
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