[Disarmo] Baltico: giochi di guerra

[Jure Ellero LT <glry at ngi.it>]

--- Russian Border: Norwegian Tanks To Join NATO War Games In Latvia


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/30/c_133606820.htm


Xinhua News Agency
August 30, 2014


Norwegian tanks to join NATO exercise in eastern Latvia: media


OSLO: Norway tanks will take part in a NATO exercise to be held in 
Latvia near the border with Russia, the Norwegian newspaper VG reported 
on Friday.

In addition, 190 Norwegian soldiers will participate in the exercise.

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The exercise is scheduled to last for almost two months and ends in late 
November.

Last June, 10 NATO member countries staged the Saber Strike ground 
forces exercise in the the Baltic countries amid heightened tensions 
between Ukraine and Russia.

The war game, which involved nearly 5,000 troops, was reportedly seen by 
Russia as a NATO military build-up.


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--- U.S., NATO Train Ukrainian Troops In Civil War-Scenario War Game


http://www.stripes.com/news/anatomy-of-an-attack-a-step-by-step-fictional-siege-in-saber-junction-1.300597


Stars and Stripes
August 29, 2014


Anatomy of an attack: A step by step fictional siege in Saber Junction
By Michael Darnell



HOHENFELS, Germany: More than 5,800 troops from 13 NATO and four partner 
nations are participating in Saber Junction 14, an annual U.S. Army 
Europe-led training exercise spread across four countries.

The bulk of the American forces involved in this year’s exercise comes 
from the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and the 12th Combat 
Aviation Brigade, while troops from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Sweden 
and Ukraine make up the non-NATO forces involved.

The training began Aug. 25 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center 
in Hohenfels, with a simulated attack on the fictional town of Boyat.

The attack came from the northeast, heralded only by a single mortar 
blast. The townsfolk scattered as the sound of gunfire erupted from a 
wooded ridge 800 meters from the town border. Suddenly, a line of 
armored vehicles bursts into sight.

Capt. Aljosa Kaucevic, commander of the 1st Company, 20th Infantry 
Regiment, Slovenian armed forces, was one of the soldiers tasked with 
the defense of the shantytown.

“In the morning, once we entered the town, we first did a key leader 
engagement with the local leaders, where the mayor, police chief and the 
other elders were present. We talked about the situation. I informed 
them that there is an imminent threat from the Aranian forces — the 
enemies in this exercise — and that we’re here to provide them security 
and defend their town.”

In order to do that, Kaucevic’s soldiers had to repel an attack from the 
JMRC opposing forces team consisting largely of American and Lithuanian 
infantrymen. Soldiers from both sides wore MILES gear — the Army’s 
high-tech laser tag system.

U.S. Army instructors tossed flashbang grenades to simulate artillery 
strikes and grenade launches.

Casualties were marked both with a high-pitched whine from the MILES 
gear and a laminated card informing comrades of the type of injury that 
needed to be treated. All throughout the scenario, the Slovenian 
soldiers had to keep the town’s civilian population — all wearing their 
own MILES harnesses — alive.

“We accomplished the mission, which was to defend the town against the 
Aranian attack and to protect the civilian population. We were able to 
do both, so I view it as a success,” Kaucevic said. “I know as a company 
and everybody involved that we definitely gained some additional 
experience here because of the very real situation that has been 
projected from the civilians on the battlefield and the OPFOR. There is 
always room for improvement. You never do it perfectly, but I’m proud of 
my men.”

Saber Junction 14 continues with air-assault missions and mechanized 
unit rotations through the middle of September, leading up to a massive 
simulated force-on-force battle.


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