Europe, defender military exercises 23 driving the USA

WASHINGTON - According to what is announced by the Pentagon the European territory will be the background to the multinational military exercises on large scale Defender 23, under the aegis of the United States Command of America, which will last about two months.The maneuvers, which see the participation of about 8000 US soldiers and 15 thousand of other nationalities among the allies, have the intention of "increasing" the capabilities of NATO. They see Europe involve 15 thousand soldiers among the countries of the Atlantic alliance, and about 8000 US soldiers.

According to the Pentagon, the purpose of the Defender 23 exercises have the intention of "demonstrating the ability of the US armed forces to quickly deploy forces And ready-to-combat means to discourage those who would represent a threat to peace in Europe and protect the continent from attack ". The European countries to participate in the exercises include: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark , Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The maneuvers of the Defender series take place every year Since 2020, with a parenthesis due to Covid-19 pandemics in which the exercises took place in a reduced way. Defender 23 takes place on the territory of 10 European countries.