NATO concludes largest exercise in decades
British M3 Amphibious Rig loading French LecLerc Tanks crossing the Vistula River in Poland during Operation Steadfast. (Photo: NATO SHAPE Public Affairs Office)
NATO concluded its largest exercise in decades on 31 May following an effort which took place as war raged in Ukraine.
Steadfast Defender built on regional defence plans approved at the Vilnius Summit in mid-2023 which also saw the foundation of the NATO-Ukraine Council.
The summit included a commitment “to further improve the readiness, preparedness and interoperability of NATO’s Integrated Air and Missile Defence, in particular through regular training and rotational presence of modern air defence systems and capabilities”.
The first part of Steadfast Defender was a maritime-focused live exercise which included rehearsing the strategic deployment of forces from North America
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