TORUN, Poland: US, British and Polish soldiers parachuted to the ground in Poland on Tuesday in a mass show of force as NATO launched its biggest war games in eastern Europe since the Cold War.
The exercises — staged against the backdrop of a military and diplomatic standoff between Russia and the West — have rattled the Kremlin.
NATO says the 10-day Anaconda manoeuvres involving 31,000 troops are intended to shore up security on the alliance’s eastern flank, where member states have been spooked by Russia’s increasingly assertive actions.
“There’s no reason to be nervous,” Ben Hodges, Commanding General, US Army Europe, told …read more
Source: The Manila Times
