Maine incepe Trident Juncture 2018, cel mai amplu si important exercitiu de aparare al NATO de la incheierea Razboiului Rece.
Scenariul #TridentJuncture are la baza o reactie aliata deplina prin activarea Articolului 5 al cadrului juridic al NATO, Tratatul de la Washington.
#TridentJuncture exerseaza o replica militara masiva in apararea unui stat aliat, care a fost atacat militar. Operatiunea se desfasoara in Norvegia.
Iata detaliile oferite de NATO :
- When: from 25 October to 7 November 2018.
- Who: Around 50,000 participants from 31 NATO and partner countries.
- Components: Around 250 aircraft, 65 vessels and up to 10,000 vehicles.
- Location: Central and eastern Norway; the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden.
- Objective: To ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together, and ready to respond to any threat from any direction.
- Commander: Admiral James G. Foggo, Commander of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command Naples, is responsible for conducting the exercise.
#TridentJuncture
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretarul General al NATO : “Scenariul este fictiv, dar lectiile invatate vor fi reale si necesare. Vrem sa transmitem un semnal clar aliatilor nostri dar si oricarui posibil agresor asupra spatiului NATO”
#TridentJuncture va duce la activarea si operarea deplina a principalei forte de raspuns a NATO : Very High Readiness Task Force
Mesajul SHAPE
TRIDENT JUNCTURE WILL SHOW THE WORLD THAT NATO IS RELEVANT, UNITED AND READY TO DEFEND ITSELF IN THIS ARTICLE 5 SCENARIO, TESTING OUR COLLECTIVE DEFENCE.
