Russia Irritated: NATO nations test surface to air defence systems in Poland

 

Video Source: U.S. MILITARY CENTRAL

Around 3,000 NATO troops are taking part in exercise Ramstein Legacy 22, NATO’s largest live-fire air defence exercise to date. Seventeen Allied countries are exercising in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland with aircraft, missile defence systems and electronic warfare systems.

Around 50 aircraft have flown from bases across Europe, and 17 surface-based air and missile defence systems are being integrated and tested in live-fire scenarios.

Footage includes live-fire demonstrations in Ustka, Poland with Czech, French, Polish, Slovak and UK troops demonstrating various weapons systems, including the Starstreak air defence system.

Also included is an interview with Colonel Graham Taylor, Commander of 7 Air Defence Group, 12 Regiment Royal Artillery, British Army.