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Tru-News – June 11, 2020<\/p>\n
NATO is sending yet another provocative message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, sending an armada of warships, more than two dozen aircraft, and 3,000 personnel from 19 countries into the Baltic Sea for \u201cdrills.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 10-day BaltOps exercise will include participants from the U.S., UK, France, Germany, and the former Soviet satellite states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The annual drill, a relic of the Cold War dating back to the early-1970s, will be commanded remotely from NATO\u2019s new Joint Operations Center in Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n
During the first phase of BaltOps, the various military units will learn how to work together. In the second phase, they will test their ability to \u201crespond to threats\u201d in coordination with one another. Typically, it also includes ground operations, but that phase has been eliminated due to risk of spreading COVID-19.<\/p>\n
The exercises take place against the backdrop of President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to remove 9,500 American soldiers from Germany. That move prompted a backlash from British politicians who say it will \u201cplay into Russia\u2019s hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
It also comes as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has suggested a pivot in the alliance\u2019s mission. During a speech this week, he said the organization must focus on the threat posed by China \u201cto our values and way of life.\u201d He added that there needs to be a \u201cmore global approach\u201d to dealing with Beijing:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rise of China is fundamentally shifting the global balance of power, heating up the race for economic and technological supremacy, multiplying the threats to open societies and individual freedoms and increasing the competition over our values and our way of life.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot ignore the consequences of the rise of China. China will soon have the biggest economy in the world, and they already have the second largest defense budget. They are investing heavily in new modern capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
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