The US admiral, who is leading the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, said on Wednesday that he would not speculate on what will happen after completing a few days of multinational high schools in the Adriatic. Navy regulations do not allow public placements for future operations.
However, as the US Pentagon seeks ways to reassure NATO allies after the deployment of some 100,000 Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, the USS Harry S. Truman is a symbol of US military power and NATO capabilities in a razor-sharp area. .
“Decisions on where to deploy a U.S. strike team are made by the Secretary of Defense,” said Lt. Gen. Curt Renso, adding: “But we are ready to go anywhere. “We planned a long development when we started in Norfolk (Virginia) and we intend to be able to do business where we need it most.”
The strike team, which came under NATO operational control, is in the Adriatic for high school exercises that include coordinated maneuvers, anti-submarine warfare training and long-range shooting. The high schools will last until the 4th of February.
When the “Neptune Strike 2022” exercise was announced, NATO said it was the first time since the Cold War that a full-blown US aircraft carrier had been placed under NATO command.
The Pentagon said USS Harry S. Truman’s involvement in “Neptune Strike 2022” shows that NATO’s alliance is “united, capable and strong.”
Earlier Wednesday, the United States announced it would send about 3,000 troops to Poland and Romania to bolster its Eastern European NATO allies in the face of what Washington calls a “threat” of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russia denies plans to invade its neighbor, but says it could take unspecified military action if certain security guarantees are not met, including NATO’s commitment to never include Ukraine in the Alliance.
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