NATO has kicked off its 1,300-strong exercise in Latvia, practicing land and aerial combat against a variety of threats, Latvia’s Ministry of Defence reports.
Summer Shield XIII kicked off on Sunday and will continue until April 29, involving troops from Latvia, Lithuania, U.S.,Canada, Finland and Germany. Held in the military training course in the village of Ādaži, northeast of the capital Riga, the exercise is more than double the size of the same drill held in 2014, when 600 soldiers took part.
Artillery, mine throwers, reconnaissance troops, engineers and anti-tank units are all due to take part in the exercise, as are …read more
Source: Newsweek
