NATO Taunts Putin By Launching ‘Cold Response’ Training Exercise Using 30,000 Troops And 50 Warships Near Russia’s Border In Norway
The ‘Cold Response’ exercise includes 30,000 troops from more than 25 countries from Europe and North America, 200 aircraft, and 50 vessels. The largest NATO exercise which is held just a few miles from the Russian border was planned long before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine but its significance has now been heightened. “This exercise is extremely important for the security of Norway and its allies. We will practice an allied reinforcement of Norway”, Norwegian Defence Minister Odd Roger Enoksen. “It is not being held because of the Russian authorities’ attack on Ukraine, but given the backdrop there is a heightened significance.”
