NATO launched its biggest ever aerial war games today in a “show of strength” to Vladimir Putin. The drill dubbed Air Defender 23 will involve an unprecedented 250 aircraft and 10,000 s…
"We are a defensive alliance and that is how this exercise is planned."
General Michael Loh, director of the US Air National Guard, said Nato's duties were at an "inflection point". "A great deal has changed on the strategic landscape throughout the world, especially here in Europe," he said. The exercise will focus on "supplementing the permanent United States presence in Europe" as well as providing training "on a larger scale than what was usually accomplished on the continent"."It's about fostering the old relationships that we have but also building new ones with this younger generation of airmen," he said.
"And so this is about now establishing what it means to go against a great power in a great power competition."An Airbus A400M of the German Air Force at the Air Defender 2023 drillsCredit: APA soldier stands next to an Airbus A400M
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