NATO on Wednesday began its biggest military exercise since the Cold War with a US warship leaving the United States for transit across the Atlantic to alliance territory in Europe. The Western military alliance has said some 90,000 troops will take part in the months-long Steadfast Defender 24 exercise designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. The exercise is designed to simulate the 31-nation alliance's response to an attack from a rival like Russia. It will be composed of a series of smaller individual drills and will span from North America to NATO's eastern flank, close to the Russian border. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Source: The Nation January 24, 2024 17:05 UTC