New “defensive” military means have been deployed by the Atlantic Alliance in recent weeks to “reassure” countries close to Russian and Ukrainian borders.
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The perspective of the war, in recent weeks, then the triggering of the conflict in Ukraine, on 24 February, has generated a consequent mobilization of NATO Member States, with the sending of terrestrial, air and maritime reinforcements on The flank is from the alliance. These reinforcements are, at this stage, only “defensive” and represent only a limited part of the capacities of the thirty Member States, but they come to give a military face-to-face more and more palpable between Russia and NATO, although the Alliance continues to indicate that it does not want to go to war.
DISSUVE THE OPENING
The main deployment countries of these military means are, unsurprisingly, those who are closest to the Russian borders and Ukraine: the Baltic Countries, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and the Hungary. But these new military means are also distributed in the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. A set that forms a vast safety arc of about 1,200 kilometers long intended for both to “reassure” the exposed countries and dissuade the possible vells of Russian overflows beyond Ukraine. “This strengthening integrates into the reinsurance procedures recorded in 2016 following the annexation of Crimea, in 2014,” Comment Amélie Zima, NATO researcher attached to the Strategic Research Institute of the School military (Irsem).
The numbers of these reinforcements are general, NATO does not wish to give visibility too great to its device. But according to our evaluations, about 22,000 men are deployed on the ground under Nani military command, since February. A large majority are American. Maritime, about twenty ships are also at sea under NATO command. A fleet to add about 180 vessels from the Allies, including three aircraft carriers. These 180 buildings remain under the command of their respective countries but can contribute to NATO reinsurance missions. This is the case, for example, from the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier, since March 5, which places in particular its burst to ensure aerial patrols.
“Aerial Barrier” Russian
In the past few weeks, the Alliance has deployed more than 130 aircraft on its side is, particularly in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia). “We have gone from a soil-based alert posture to an active patrol in alloy airspace. This means that we maintain patrols twenty-four hours per twenty-four and seven days a week in the sky along From our Eastern borders, “details an NATAN official. Since February 24, “NATO aircraft have rushed several times in response to Russian military aircraft who did not follow the rules of international aviation. But at no time the Russian plane is Entered the alloy airspace and all interactions have been safe and professional. The number of interceptions has not increased since the invasion, “he continues.
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