4 hours agoGermany to triple soldiers' numbers as part of a maneuver against Russia
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Germany will participate in a military maneuver against Russia with 12,000 soldiers, local media report. Thousands of Germans are waiting to participate in a NATO exercise coded as “The cutting sword, “Colordrum”, and “The Iron Wolf”, German magazine “reported. Focus”. German media sources say [...]
Thousands of Germans are waiting to participate in a NATO exercise coded as “The cutting sword, “Colordrum”, and “The Iron Wolf”, German magazine “reported. Focus”.
German media sources say this year the German contingent with about 12. 000 soldiers will be three times larger than last year, reports “Sputnik International” Transmission Periscope.
The reason for the military's activism, according to the German warehouse, is said to be Moscow's “aggressive geox1>.
Implementation of military maneuvers is supposed to send a message to Russia a clear “sign that any possible intervention in NATO countries' affairs would have “serious consequences”.
More than 90m euros will be approved from the German budget for this purpose, despite earlier reports, saying Germany needed tanks and planes to meet its obligations to NATO.
The German newspaper “Welt” quoted a secret German Defence Ministry document, wrote that the reasons behind the situation are lack of spare parts and high maintenance expenses./Periscopi/
