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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

NATO prepares for 'conventional war'

NATONATO is planning to hold large-scale military exercises in Europe to brush up its skills of conventional warfare. The generals of the military bloc insist that this is not an exercise in reflecting of a hypothetical Russian military threat. Participation of the military alliance in the Syrian conflict on the side of its party, Turkey, is much more likely.

Military exercise "Steadfast Jazz" is scheduled to be held in Latvia and Poland on November 2 - 9 with the participation of 6,000 troops from 20 allied armies, according to a press release from NATO. Military experts argue that these will be the largest military maneuvers since 2006.

NATO's military commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said at a press conference in the Netherlands on Wednesday: "For the past 10 to 12 years we have become incredibly proficient at the counter-insurgency mission that we have been fighting in Afghanistan."

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