U.S. To Hold Largest Europe Exercises In 25 Years

Reuters: Cold War redux? U.S. to hold largest Europe exercises in 25 years

* 20,000 U.S. troops to deploy to Europe for 'Defender'
* U.S. presence in Europe growing as Trump criticises allies

The United States will send 20,000 troops to Europe next April and May in its biggest military exercises on European soil since the Cold War to underscore Washington's commitment to NATO, a senior allied commander said on Tuesday.

Days after a NATO summit in London at which U.S. President Donald Trump called low-spending European allies "delinquent", U.S. Major General Barre Seguin said the exercises, centred on Germany, will be the largest of their kind in 25 years.

"This really demonstrates transatlantic unity and the U.S. commitment to NATO," Seguin, who oversees allied operations from NATO's military headquarters in Belgium, told Reuters.

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Update: US Army preparing biggest European deployment in years (France 24)

WNU Editor: Only 20,000 US troops will be deployed to Europe for this exercise. During the Cold War exercises commonly involved a  hundred thousand soldiers (if not more). Just last year Russia did a massive military exercise with China and Mongolia that involved three hundred thousand soldiers .... These Are The Weapon Systems To Watch For At The Vostok 2018 War Games (September 10, 2018). In the whole scheme of things, this is actually a small exercise.