“Formidable Shield 2023: NATO’s Biannual Military Exercise with 13 Countries”

2023-05-05 17:32:27

Archivo – HANDOUT – 03 April 2023, Belgium, Brussels: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a pre-ministerial press conference, ahead of the NATO foreign ministers meeting, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Photo: -/NATO/dpa – ATTENTION: e – -/Nato/dpa – File

MADRID, 5 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –

NATO will hold a biannual military exercise involving 13 countries from Monday May 8 to Friday May 26 with the aim of promoting deterrence and defending the Euro-Atlantic area, as reported by the United States Department of Defense.

“This three-week exercise will demonstrate the unprecedented cohesion of the NATO alliance, as well as our unmatched capability and our combined commitment to both deterrence and defense of the Euro-Atlantic area and the North,” the Pentagon spokeswoman explained. , Sabrina Singh.

The exercise, baptized as ‘Formidable Shield 2023’, will have the participation of 4,000 soldiers, as well as more than 20 ships and 35 aircraft, including F-35 fighters. “This planned exercise encompasses ammunition testing in a multi-domain environment against subsonic, supersonic and ballistic targets,” Singh added.

As the US Department of Defense reported in an article this Friday, the exercises, which are carried out in odd years, will involve the US Sixth Fleet and the Atlantic Alliance Naval Attack Force.

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