Quelle: Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) e.V. - www.imi-online.de
IMI-Aktuell 2021/157
Defender Europe 21
(16.03.2021)
Letztes Jahre hatte Defender Europe 2020 das größte Manöver in Europa nach
dem vermeintlichen Ende des Kalten Krieges werden sollen, bis Corona einen
Strich durch die Übung machte (siehe IMI-Analyse
2020/002). Nachdem schon im Januar waren einige Details über die diesjährige –
etwas abgespeckte – Variante bekannt geworden (siehe IMI-Aktuell
2021/038). Gestern veröffentlichte die US-Armee eine Pressemitteilung
mit weiteren Details, einschließlich Zeitplan und einzelnen Teilübungen: „More than 30,000 multinational forces from 27 nations
will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas
in a dozen countries. […] DEFENDER-Europe 21 will encompass several linked
exercises, to include:
- Swift Response (early to mid-May) – will include
airborne operations in Estonia, Bulgaria and Romania involving more than
7,000 troops from 11 countries.
- Immediate Response (mid-May through early-June) –
more than 5,000 troops from 8 countries will spread out across 31 training
areas in 12 different countries to conduct live fire training. A Joint
Logistics Over-the-Shore operation will also occur.
- Saber Guardian (mid-May through early-June) –
more than 13,000 service members from 19 countries will conduct live fire
and air and missile defense operations, plus a large scale medical
evacuation.
- Command Post Exercise (June) – approximately
2,000 personnel will exercise the headquarters’ ability to command
multinational land forces in a joint and combined training environment
while maintaining real-world operations across 104 countries on two
continents.” (jw)
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Quelle: Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) e.V. - www.imi-online.de