In Europe, the start of a major post-Cold War airborne NATO exercises – Kommersant

NATO launched a major after the end of the Cold War era of joint exercises his airborne troops, reports The Telegraph. As specified in the maneuvers called Swift Response 15 attended by about 5 thousand. Soldiers from 11 NATO member states: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the United States and France. The exercises, which began on August 15 and will last until September 13, will be held in Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania. According to the command of US Army forces in Europe, we are talking about the largest joint training activities airborne forces on the continent since the Cold War.

As reported by “Kommersant” military exercise that NATO and Russia will conduct near the borders of each other, making the likelihood of armed conflict between the parties, all the higher. To such conclusion experts of the research center of the European Leadership Network, analyze two important recent episode – check the combat readiness of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in March and the NATO exercise “Allied Shield” in Eastern Europe in June.

For more information about how analysts estimate exercises between Russia and NATO, read the material “b” “NATO and Russia increases the likelihood of the enemy».