The Nordic Response 2024 NATO exercises start in the north of Finland, Sweden, and Norway on March 4th, for the first time with Finland participating as a member of NATO.
The exercises led by Norway, scheduled to last until March 15th, are part of the largest NATO military exercises in decades, called Steadfast Defender 24.
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Nordic Response will take place on land, at sea, and in the air, involving about 20,000 soldiers from 14 countries.
“The exercise will demonstrate NATO’s operational capability, cohesion, and the will to defend the entire Alliance area,” said the Finnish military in a statement.
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“As Steadfast Defender 24 will be the most substantial NATO training exercise in decades, its preparations and those for the Nordic Response 24 have been underway for several years.”
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on January 19th that Russia launched an information campaign to cast NATO’s Steadfast Defender as a provocation against Moscow.
Steadfast Defender 2024 began on January 22nd with the participation of 90,000 soldiers from NATO countries and Sweden, becoming the alliance’s largest exercise since the Cold War.
+ Video: The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 conducts flight operations in preparation for the Nordic Response 24 Exercise
Tensions between NATO and Russia have been escalating since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, with several Western officials warning of a potential large-scale conflict between the two powers in the coming years.
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