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Feb 9, 7 tweets

ORION 26: High-intensity war drill.
France leads, USA sidelined ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ

โ€ข Largest French-led drill since the Cold War
โ€ข 12K+ troops
โ€ข 24 nations
โ€ข CDG carrier in the Arctic ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
โ€ข 140 aircraft
โ€ข 1,200 drones
โ€ข 25 warships
โ€ข Cyber/space ops

Message to Russia & Trump ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‘‡

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ORION 26 simulates a multi-domain, high-intensity state-on-state war: air, sea, land, cyber, space โ€” all integrated.

Scenario: coalition defends an attacked ally (read: Baltics) against Russian-style aggression. France commands. European resolve. No US dominance

2/7

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A new strategic reality: under Trump, US security guarantees are conditional, political, & unreliable.

Vance openly questions NATOโ€™s core commitments. Europe no longer assumes automatic US leadership โ€” so ORION 26 trains without it in the command phase.

3/7

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France is not hosting โ€” France is commanding
Operational planning. Joint command structure. Nuclear-capable carrier strike group. Charles de Gaulle deployed in the Arctic amid Greenland tensions. ORION 26 is European strategic autonomy in action.

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ORION 26 by the numbers

โ€ข 12,500 troops
โ€ข 24 nations
โ€ข 25 warships (incl. Charles-de-Gaulle amid Greenland tensions)
โ€ข 140 aircraft
โ€ข 1,200 drones
โ€ข Full cyber & space domains

Scale speaks: Allies prepare for war. Russia watches. Trump sidelined

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Not โ€œEurope aloneโ€ โ€” 24 countries total: 14+ European allies + global partners.

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France (lead)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore

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Message sent.

To Moscow: Europe can fight โ€” and is training to win.

To Washington: Europe can plan, command, and survive without you.

ORION 26 isnโ€™t about replacing NATO โ€” itโ€™s about surviving a world where U.S. leadership is no longer guaranteed.

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