From January 2024 to May 2024, the exercise plan jointly developed by the Pentagon and NATO's European Command - "Steadfast Defender 2024" has finally kicked off.
The four-month exercise, which seems to be just an ordinary joint military exercise, is actually a deterrent activity against Russia. A few days ago, a senior NATO official generously admitted: "This exercise is aimed at Russia." "For this exercise, the United States and NATO countries can be described as painstaking, the United States dispatched about 60,000 soldiers and a lot of heavy weapons and equipment, such as four aircraft carrier battle groups.
In addition, NATO countries also jointly dispatched 30,000 soldiers and 120 advanced fighters of various types, such as F-22, F-15, Typhoon, Rafale, etc. NATO countries have also dispatched various long-range strategic bombers, all-track main battle tanks, various types of armored combat vehicles, and rocket artillery.
Because the purpose of this joint military exercise is not simple, the United States is worried that someone will destroy it, so it sent "unique" weapons and equipment to escort it. It has been learned that before the joint military exercise began, the whereabouts of three US "Ohio"-class nuclear submarines were "unknown." Although the US side has not publicly stated the whereabouts of the three nuclear submarines, according to the US style, it is likely that the three nuclear submarines were sent to the vicinity of the Defender exercise area.
In this joint military exercise, NATO and U.S. forces plan to travel together to Russia's neighboring countries to carry out "special operations", such as seizing air and sea supremacy. In addition, the United States and NATO countries also intend to conduct air assaults, joint anti-submarine and other operations. In fact, to put it bluntly, NATO and the United States just want to take advantage of this exercise to contain Russia and make it dare not "do too much" on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.
If Russia wins the war and Russia directly occupies Ukraine, then for NATO countries, the Russian army will go straight to the border defense line of NATO countries, which is not good news for NATO countries.
In order to prevent Russia from really doing such a thing, NATO countries will launch this military exercise. As for the United States, it is simply trying to add another fire. After all, the United States has long looked at Russia unpleasantly, and perhaps Biden wants to use NATO's "sharp blade" to hit Russia hard and weaken its strength. Of course, it would be better if the country could be destroyed in one fell swoop.
On January 21, local time, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said: The military exercises jointly launched by NATO and the United States indicate that NATO has now reached an irreparable situation, and NATO finally intends to return to the Cold War mode, which can show that Western countries are trying to launch a hybrid war against Russia.
We don't know what will happen to NATO, the United States, and Russia during the joint military exercises, but what is certain is that NATO has completely "torn its face" with Russia, and perhaps the outbreak of war is only a matter of the next second.