NATO Airborne a prominent scientist from the Cold War began in Europe – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, August 19 – RIA Novosti. The largest since the end of “Cold War” Airborne NATO exercises started in Europe , reported Agence France-Presse.

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The exercise, which will continue until September 13, attended by more than 4,8 thousand soldiers from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece , Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, UK and USA.

“The teachings Swift Response 15 is a major event on the continent since the end of” Cold War “- said the US Army in the German town of Grafenwoehr.

The statement noted that the exercise would be the culmination of 26 August, when the military NATO planes dropped more than a thousand paratroopers and equipment to the training base in Hohenfels, Germany.

On Tuesday, it was reported that NATO will hold from 11 to 22 September, large naval anti-submarine exercises DYNAMIC MANTA in the Ionian Sea, the schedule called for the military maneuvers of NATO in 2015.

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