NATO is preparing for one of its "biggest exercises in many years," with 45,000 troops due to participate in the Trident Juncture maneuver in Norway later this month, the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Tuesday.
The defensive exercise is based on a "fictitious but realistic" scenario simulating NATO's collective response to an armed attack against one ally, Stoltenberg added. It will be the biggest exercise carried out by NATO since the end of the Cold War.
Besides the troop contingents from the 29 NATO allies - as well as partner countries Sweden and Finland - Trident Juncture will include 150 aircraft, 60 ships and 10,000 vehicles, Stoltenberg told journalists.
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Update: NATO exercise to be biggest since Cold War (AFP)
WNU Editor: This exercise is to placate some worried allies .... Russian buildup worries Norway before big NATO military exercise (Reuters).
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