In 2024, the largest exercise of ground forces in Europe, "Dragon-" Poland, has begun, with the participation of more than 20,000 military personnel from NATO countries.
The Ukrainian news agency, citing the People's News Agency, said that the Polish "Dragon-24" exercises are part of NATO's "Staunch Defender-24" military exercises, which are the largest exercises in NATO since the end of the Cold War.
Full-screen, as highlighted, the Steadfast Defender-24 campaign lasted from January 22 to the end of May, including Poland, from the Atlantic to NATO's eastern flank. The scenario of the exercise involved a conflict with an "adversary of a similar size."
90,000 people participated in the exercise "Steadfast Defender-24", including military personnel from all NATO countries and Sweden, as well as about 50 aircraft and 1,100 combat vehicles. The General Command of the Polish Armed Forces said that the military exercises were "the largest demonstration of the defense capabilities of the alliance and its member states." At the same time, it added that all exercises were "defensive in nature and not directed against any country."
At the same time, soldiers from Spain, Great Britain, Turkey and Albania, in addition to the Polish army, took part in the Dragon-24. In total, 2 ten thousand people took part in the exercise: 15,000 soldiers of the famous Polish army and 5,000 soldiers from NATO countries, mainly the United States and the United Kingdom. The exercises will involve 3,500 pieces of military equipment.
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As noted, the Dragon-24 exercises will test the capabilities of the Polish armed forces to respond to a potential multidimensional armed crisis, thereby contributing to the strengthening of the alliance's deterrence and defense capabilities.
On January 24, about 90,000 people took part in NATO's largest military exercise in decades, Steadfast Defender 24, Ukrainian news agency reported.
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