{"id":57671,"date":"2018-10-31T00:20:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T00:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/31\/nato-russia-expected-to-behave-during-dueling-nordic-drills\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:55:11","slug":"nato-russia-expected-to-behave-during-dueling-nordic-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/10\/31\/nato-russia-expected-to-behave-during-dueling-nordic-drills\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO, Russia expected to behave during dueling Nordic drills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COPENHAGEN, Denmark \u2014 NATO\u2019s secretary general said Tuesday he is confident the Western military alliance and Russia \u201cwill act in a respectable way\u201d as both hold training exercises in the same area off Norway\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is not a Cold War situation,&#8221; Jens Stoltenberg said as he attended the Trident Juncture war games NATO is holding with around 50,000 personnel and a goal that is &#8220;purely to prevent, not to provoke.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alliance is conducting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/10\/23\/us-breaches-the-arctic-with-marines-fighter-jets-and-aircraft-carriers\/\" target=_blank>its largest military exercise<\/a> since the end of the Cold War in central and eastern Norway, the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea until Nov. 7. Russia has said its navy plans to test missiles Nov. 1-3 in international waters off western Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18302621431222.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18302621431222.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18302621431222.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18302621431222.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18302621431222.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives at the Danish support ship HDMS Esbern Snare during his visit to the NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2018, in Trondheim, Norway, Monday, Oct. 29. 2018. (Gorm Kallestad\/NTB scanpix via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia was briefed by NATO in advance and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/10\/07\/us-admiral-urges-russia-to-observe-nato-exercise\/\" target=_blank>invited to monitor the exercises<\/a>, but the West\u2019s military display angered Moscow, which thinks the alliance is behaving provocatively near its borders. The maneuvers that started Thursday come amid persistent tensions between NATO and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is a necessary exercise&#8221; to &#8220;send a strong signal of unity,&#8221; Stoltenberg told reporters as he visited the NATO maneuvers involving military personnel from all 29 NATO members, plus partners Finland and Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2018\/10\/27\/icelands-bars-ran-out-of-beer-trying-to-serve-drunk-us-sailors-and-marines\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC1020.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">That time Iceland\u2019s bars ran out of beer thanks to US sailors and Marines<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Sailors and Marines taking part in NATO\u2019s Trident Juncture exercise wasted no time getting wasted.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 65 ships, 250 aircraft and 10,000 vehicles responding to a hypothetical scenario that involves restoring Norway&#8217;s sovereignty after an attack by a &#8220;fictitious aggressor.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy admiral commanding the war games said Russia has been monitoring the maneuvers with &#8220;curiosity,&#8221; judging from recent regional movements of Russian troops in the air and at sea. He did not elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have no issue with that as long as it doesn&#8217;t interfere with what we do,&#8221; Adm. James Foggo told reporters in Finland on Friday, adding that he expected Moscow to take a &#8220;professional&#8221; stance and to dispatch military observers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"895\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18303482403898.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18303482403898.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18303482403898.jpg.jpg?resize=300,224 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18303482403898.jpg.jpg?resize=768,573 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18303482403898.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,764 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and U.S. Adm. James G. Foggo, the leader of the exercise, pose together to take a selfie during a visit to the NATO-led military exercise in Trondheim, Norway, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2018. (Gorm Kallestad \/ NTB scanpix via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of Finnish and Swedish air, infantry and naval troops were participating in Trident Juncture. 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