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EU Launches First-EVER Rapid Military Deployment & Global Security Defense Provider
EU Launches Historic Joint Military Exercises For Rapid Deployment Soldiers
A New Page in EU Defence: First-EVER Live EU Military Exercise Kicks Off
BBC 19 OCT 2023
The EU begun their first joint military exercises to boost their “role as a defense actor and a global security provider”, EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell said on Tuesday (17 October)
2800 men and women from Austria, Spain, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal and from Romania are taking part in MILEX-23 exercises off the coast of Rota, Spain to train their rapid deployment capacity outside the European Union.
The EU aims at having the capacity in 2025 to swiftly deploy up to 5,000 troops to respond to imminent threats and crisis situations.
During the exercise the soldiers participate in the simulation of an amphibious assault to secure an important harbour.
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