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15/09/23 06:10 AM IST

NATO to launch biggest military exercise since cold war

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  • Nato is preparing its biggest live joint command exercise since the cold war next year, assembling more than 40,000 troops to practise how the alliance would attempt to repel Russian aggression against one of its members.
Steadfast Defender
  • This war exercise is being organized with the aim of retaliating in case of attack on one of the members of NATO. It also wants to test NATO’s ability to deploy troops from the US.
  • The overarching objective of this exercise, codenamed “Steadfast Defender,” is to refine NATO’s transformation from a crisis response organization into a robust war-fighting alliance.
  • The scenario envisages repelling a hypothetical Russian-led attack on a NATO member state.
  • The Baltic nations, comprising Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, will play a pivotal role in the exercise, underlining NATO’s dedication to their security.
  • Sweden, a nation considering full NATO membership, is expected to join the drills.
  • Pending approval, Sweden’s participation will bring the total number of nations involved to 32, further demonstrating NATO’s growing reach and partnership.
About NATO
  • NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance of 30 European and North American countries.
  • The organization is headquartered in Belgium. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO) operates according to the North Atlantic Treaty.
  • The treaty was signed in 1949. NATO includes a system of collective defense.
  • In this, if a member is attacked by a foreign country, then all the countries of the organization provide defense to each other.
Source- Financial Express

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