An air deployment exercise billed as the biggest in NATO's history and hosted by Germany is getting underway on Monday.
An air deployment exercise billed as the biggest in NATO's history and hosted by Germany is getting underway on Monday.
“The exercise is a signal — a signal above all to us, a signal to us, the NATO countries, but also to our population that we are in a position to react very quickly ... that we would be able to defend the alliance in case of attack,” German air force chief Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz told ZDF television.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has jolted NATO into preparing in earnest for the possibility of an attack on its territory. Sweden, which is hoping to join the alliance, and Japan are also taking part in the exercise.
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