NATO Supreme Commander: US Carrier Off Norway’s Coast Puts Russia ‘On Notice’

• NATO Supreme Commander: US Carrier Off Norway’s Coast Puts Russia ‘On Notice’
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  The USS Harry Truman, a 104,000 ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier capable of deploying some 90 combat and support aircraft, has entered the North Sea in preparation for Trident Juncture, a series of drills which are expected to become the largest alliance exercises in the region since the Cold War.
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  NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Curtis Scaparrotti has characterized the deployment of the USS Harry Truman in the North Atlantic “a demonstration of our capabilities” to Moscow.
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  “We are ready and we are trained and we will protect the Atlantic,” Scaparrotti said, speaking to Sky News.
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  Pointing to Russia’s efforts to modernize its military, the general noted that the alliance needs “to continue to increase” its “capabilities and to train so that we remain dominant in war-fighting capabilities. Strength is how we deter conflict, and our job is actually to prevent [it] and we will do that with a strong alliance,” he said.
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  Accusing Russia of conducting “illegal activities” and engaging in “malign influence below the level of war,” Scaparrotti said he was “glad” that the US was “calling it out because we need to put them on notice.”
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