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The United States has begun the deployment of forces in Europe for what will be its greatest military maneuvers in the continent of the last 25 years, an exhibition of force at the gates of Russia that, in the end, will reveal the military weakness of its allies in NATO and the dependence of Europeans on defense. In the exercises, which are called "Defender Europe 20" and will take place from April to July next in Eastern Europe, approximately 37,000 troops and a huge amount of military equipment will participate, most of them from the United States. In these exercises the utility of the inventory in Europe will be tested and new technology will be tested, such as the Trophy, an active projection system for the M1 tank.

"The US Army must be ready in the future for the deployment and fight against any enemy in a conflict of high intensity" and for this "we must exercise our ability to transfer troops, evaluate the efficiency of combat teams and develop a mechanism of integration of our own forces and those of other allies, "explained the deputy general of the US Army in Europe, General Andrew Rohling, before the arrival of the first tanks of Defender Europe 20 in Germany.

That is, unlike the military exercises that Americans and Europeans jointly carry out on a regular basis, Defender Europe 2020 is a test of the US army on European soil , an exercise unthinkable to vice versa. The European Union lacks an army, nor does an integrated military industry exist.

Directly or indirectly Defender Europe 20, Americans will have the support of eighteen countries, an opportunity to "strengthen professional relations between partners and build the necessary confidence to operate in an integrated manner and improve the ability to react to potential collective threats," he said. General Rohling.

A potential collective threat, it is assumed, is Russia, in whose neighborhood the Pentagon has located the operating ground: Finland, Poland, Baltic states and Georgia.

By land, sea and air, up to 20,000 troops, 13,000 combat equipment, tanks and armored vehicles , 4,000 national guard soldiers from 12 states, including Arizona, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, will travel from the United States. New York and Missouri, and, up to 750 reservists. From the US bases in Europe , 9,000 soldiers from the three armies will be mobilized , including special commands, marines and paratrooper brigades, combat equipment, communication and technology units. Around 12 military convoys will travel overnight through the main European arteries to the targets, almost 4,000 kilometers.

Germany, in the heart of Europe, will be the main transit country for military macro-exercises, which, according to the German Army, show the United States commitment to European defense and, in return, European support for the reliable implementation of projects common. In the words of General Rohling, these maneuvers are, "indeed, a sign of the United States' commitment to Europe and its allies in NATO."

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