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ancianita

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Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:10 PM Monday

Putin Is Testing NATO and The West [View all]

Last edited Mon Sep 15, 2025, 11:19 PM - Edit history (1)

https://archive.ph/DWeHN

"...The British fighters, based at Coningsby in Lincolnshire, will join Nato’s new Eastern Sentry mission working alongside French, German and Danish counterparts who are acting as reinforcements for Dutch F-35s and Polish F-16s...

Over the weekend, Romania became the second Nato ally in eastern Europe to detect a Russian drone crossing into its airspace in a week – and Healey said the Typhoons mission would extend operations to the country if deemed necessary.

He said: “They are deployed as part of the Nato Eastern Sentry air policing. What Nato decides to and where it decides to deploy them will be for Nato. That’s part of our contribution to the alliance.”...

...On Friday, Nato leaders announced the creation of Operation Eastern Sentry, a plan to better protect the skies over alliance members in eastern Europe, starting with Poland. The alliance’s most senior military chief, Gen Alexus Grynkewich, said Nato was “bringing additional resources to bear” in the effort...

Healey said the Typhoons would be “operational and involved within days”. Though based in Lincolnshire, from where it takes about 90 minutes to reach Poland, they are supported by a dedicated Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft, allowing them to prolong their missions if necessary.

The British effort would be supported by 400 military personnel in the UK, the minister added. “It’s not just a few planes in the air, it’s a significant operation, part of a much bigger Nato exercise on the eastern flank,” Healey said...."

Most Americans support NATO while trump navel gazes & looks for ways to profit from the Russia-Ukraine War. It sounds obvious until one sees the Russian attacks on a peaceful & prosperous EU, and the military buildup trump forces on the West by being a fool for the axis of evil.

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-14-2025
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