NATO exercises begin in Poland
NATO’s Brilliant Jump 2016 exercises began in Poland on Tuesday, Radio Polsha reported. 1,500 soldiers of the Polish, Spanish, and British armed forces will participate in the ten-day exercise in Lubusz in western Poland.
The maneuvers will take place under the Dutch Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.
Brilliant Jump will focus on quickly transporting personnel and military equipment to areas of potential threat, which will help Poland to develop its own immediate reaction forces.
A similar exercise was held last year in the same location.
Brilliant Jump is linked to other NATO exercises which will be held prior to the Alliance’s Summit in July in Warsaw. Most notably is Anaconda 2016, which will be the largest military exercise held in Poland since 1989, and will be attended by more than 30,000 NATO soldiers.