UK - UK Pledges 20K Troops For NATO Exercise In Europe Including Significant Deployment In Eastern Europe | Benzinga
The UK has pledged to deploy 20,000 military personnel for a NATO exercise all across Europe that is planned to take place in the first half of the year.
What Happened: As per an announcement by the British Defence Ministry on Monday, the UK will be committing a force of 20,000 soldiers for a significant NATO exercise in Europe. The deployment will encompass 16,000 British army troops to be stationed in Eastern Europe from February to June, along with an array of warships, an aircraft carrier strike group, F35B Lightning attack jets, and surveillance planes, according to Reuters.
The exercise, dubbed “Steadfast Defender 24”, is a commemorative event for the 75th year of the Western alliance. UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps stated that this would be “one of NATO’s largest deployments since the end of the Cold War.”
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The decision follows NATO’s move to bolster its ...