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Mar 14 • 8 tweets • 5 min read

Troops from #NATO Allies and partners are taking part in a series of long-planned major military exercises stretching from the High North to the Mediterranean to enhance the readiness of NATO forces

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In March, 20,000 #NATO troops, plus Finland 🇫🇮 and Sweden 🇸🇪, train to defend Norway 🇳🇴 in exercises #JointViking23 and #JointWarrior - the largest drills in Europe’s Arctic this year [2/8]

In the Mediterranean, ships, submarines and aircraft from nine #NATO Allies conducted anti-submarine warfare drills during exercise #DynamicManta [3/8]

🇫🇷 France is holding its largest military drill in decades as part of #ORION23 involving 19,000 Allied troops over three months [4/8]

Around 600 German 🇩🇪 troops are practicing defending #Lithuania 🇱🇹during exercise #GRLI23 [5/8]

Flying out of Spain 🇪🇸, US 🇺🇸 B-52 bombers hold joint drills with Allied air forces across Europe

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❝These are long-planned defensive exercises. In a more contested and dangerous security environment, they send a clear message:

#NATO stands strong and ready to defend every inch of Allied territory.❞

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