The latest in a series of major NATO wargames aimed at Russia, US Marines are in Sweden to gear up for the Archipelago Endeavor, an amphibious wargame across Sweden and Norway which is being described as NATO’s largest in over a decade.
The exercise spans an area full of small islands and coastal areas. Officials say an expected 40,000 NATO troops will take part, and dozens of warships. Exactly how much US presence there will be is unclear, but in preparatory stages, it is only a small number of Marines.
Either way, big NATO wargames in Scandinavia are seen as another hostile action toward Russia. Russian Foreign Ministry officials complained the exercises are meant to practice amphibious landings and offensive capabilities of NATO forces.
NATO doesn’t appear to really be disputing this, having presented the operation as simulating a “high intensity conflict” with a “comparable enemy” in “northern latitudes.” The only such enemy in northern latitudes would, of course, be Russia.
Must keep the enemy in the public eye. The ludicrous “evidence” of Russian poisoners in the UK helps Theresa Mayhem keep Europe on side before her calamitous Brexit failures.
This is ridiculous NATO playing agressive old NAZI war games . If we get into a war with Russia The action will be in outer space. As nuclear bombs orbit the earth . And China shoots down the satelites telling us where we are located .
Pray tell me, what’s the reason for US Marines being in Sweden of all places? Sweden is not a member of NATO and is therefore not obligated to come to the defense of any NATO country in case of a future Russian attack. How exactly do you say f-off in Swedish?
As their faulty immigration policy is destroying their homogeneous society, let’s have them focus on playing GI Joe against a future Russian invasion.
Piece of cake in September. How about doing it again in February?
Russian wargames are provocative but the greater quantity of NATO wargames are necessary confidence-builders. . . .Whatever.