January 18, 2024
NATO to hold biggest exercises since Cold War with 90,000 troops
BRUSSELS: NATO is launching its biggest exercise since the Cold War, testing how US troops could bolster European allies in countries bordering Russia and on the alliance’s eastern flank if a conflict broke out with a “near-peer” adversary. About 90,000 troops are to take part in the Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises that run through May, the alliance’s top commander Chris Cavoli said Thursday. More than 50 ships from aircraft carriers to destroyers will take part, as well as more than 80 fighter jets, helicopters and drones and at least 1,100 combat vehicles, including 133 tanks and 533 infantry fighting vehicles,


