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Ready for

.

That is the approach of military specialists.

Draw virtue out of necessity, take advantage of the period of serious instability in

to further advance in the training of the Armed Forces and show Spain's commitment as a reliable ally.

And, for this, military security analysts understand that it would be a priority to try to increase the presence of Spanish soldiers from the three Armies in NATO deployments in the hot zone of Eastern Europe.

"It is that being in that area now, that you have a war conflict not far away, is the best way to be trained for the imminent combat," military sources point out, who understand that Spain must take advantage of its good military image in the international arena. to gain greater presence in NATO.

The Alliance summit held in Madrid "must also serve to open more doors for us."

And more after the explosion of two missiles in

, a NATO country.

From

they point to

and

's country denies it.

Everything is still pending a clarifying investigation.

But the tension in the area has grown superlatively and, according to these sources, this situation -which has caused two deaths- could precipitate an increase in NATO contingents in the member countries of the area.

In the case of

, according to these sources, it would be a question of increasing the contingents in which "we are already" and forming part of the new ones that are going to be launched on the eastern border.

Spain already has the presence of the three armies in the area.

And they are participating in aerial surveillance with allies, in the

, in an attempt to shield Europe and the NATO zone from possible Russian incursions.

Spain is part of NATO's Permanent Naval Groups, the forces that provide a permanent maritime presence to the Alliance and the first to be activated, even before a crisis is declared.

Following the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis at the beginning of 2014 and the increase in incursions by Russian aircraft into Baltic airspace, the mission has been reinforced with another 12 fighters from three countries and two other deployment bases: Amari, in Estonia and Malbork, in Poland.

The

first participated in the Baltic Air Police mission in 2006, with four

from Wing 14, deployed in Siauliai.

During their stay, the pilots have seen how incidents with Russian planes have multiplied since the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

"They always try to measure us, to know what our reaction time is," military sources participating in the operation point out.

is the NATO mission where Spain has completed the deployment of tanks for the first time outside our borders.

But, in addition, it is the area closest to the conflict.

Spain contributes some 650 troops and means at the forefront of technology such as the

Infantry Combat Vehicles (VCI)

.

In addition, other mechanized assets such as the M-113 armored tracked transport (TOA), heavy mortars, sapper combat vehicles (VCZ) and

anti-tank missiles are also contributed .

In addition, it has deployed an Anti-Aircraft Defense Unit (UDAA) at an air base in Latvia, based on a NASAMS Battery within the framework of operations with NATO.

Those who carry out the military plans understand that it is time to make a definitive leap in human contributions to NATO missions, which will serve to have a perfectly trained Army corps for the so-called

, "that morning that nobody wants but for which you have to be prepared, that morning where we can enter a war, “these sources point out.

Spain has a legal limitation on the number of troops that can leave the national territory to carry out NATO or European Union missions.

The military voices within Defense point to the possibility of modifying to increase that figure and thus not having to redirect the rest of the international missions.

"The most effective thing would be to have more troops and not have to remove them from one side to send them to another," they point out.

These sources also point to the economic plane.

"The money that the

has this year and for the next allows not only to fine-tune much of the material that was lacking in maintenance, but also to open up to new long-range technological projects."

But one of the objectives of the distribution of money is that it reaches the military to improve combat capabilities, which is the best possible deterrent.

«We want to promote the activity, the maneuvers, everything that concerns the operational.

The international missions could have a plus more than their participants now have, but we want those who are in operational positions to also have an economic boost, to encourage those positions, “they explain.

These experts warn: we cannot forget the great growing concern,

, the

, where terrorism is gaining a firm foothold, and Russian-linked mercenaries are growing stronger.

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