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NATO Starts Steadfast Defender Exercise With First Deployment of UK Carrier

Thursday, May 20th, 2021

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Logo of NATO’s Joint Force Command Norfolk (JFCNF) based in Norfolk, Va. it is the only operational-level NATO command in North America. (Image: U.S. Navy)

The NATO maritime live exercise (LIVEX) Steadfast Defender 2021 began off the coast of Portugal on May 20, featuring the first deployment of the United Kingdom’s newest aircraft carrier. The U.S. Navy said this exercise’s size and scope will test NATO’s ability to secure strategic and sea lines of communications and move large numbers of troops, equipment and supplies across the Atlantic Ocean and Europe to respond to an exercise scenario. “The prompt deployment of forces from North America, their…

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