NATO Launching ‘Biggest Military Exercise’ Since Collapse of Soviet Union to Send a ‘Clear Message’

World International Affairs NATO is launching a massive military exercise in Norway that has been classified as the “biggest” since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. The drills will include about 65 ships, 250 aircraft, 10,000 vehicles and some 50,000 personnel, according to the military alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. All of NATO’s 29 members will take part in the exercises, as will the alliance’s partners Sweden and Finland. Dubbed “Trident Juncture,” the military maneuvers, Stoltenberg explained on Wednesday, are intended to send “a clear message” to citizens of NATO nations as well as any potential adversaries, Radio Free Europe reported. “NATO does not seek confrontation, but we stand ready to defend all allies against any threat,” the secretary-general said. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during the opening ceremony of civil emergency exercise Srbija 2018 in Mladenovac, a municipality of Belgrade, Serbia, on October 8. OLIVER BUNIC/AFP/Getty Images Describing the exercises as “ambitious and demanding,” Stoltenberg said they would serve as “a strong display of our capabilities and our resolve to work together.” Russia has voiced concerns about the large showing of military might so close to its borders. Tensions had risen between NATO… Read full this story

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