In Norway, to participate in the maneuvers of Trident Juncture 2018 arrived 50 thousand. soldier from alliance member states. “This is a definite answer, which was planned in advance, as we had previously planned powerful maneuvers in the Far East, and the NATO members planned this in Europe,” military expert Alexander Zhilin told Tsargrad TV channel. According to him, the exercises will show the readiness of the alliance to the beginning of hostilities, if you suddenly have to enter the hot phase of the third world. The expert stressed that the maneuvers of this year are distinguished by a certain peculiarity: they focus on the countries of the second echelon of NATO. "According to the scenario of the exercise, Eastern Europe will be sent to the inferno, it will be sent to the front. While first-class countries remain in the rear and provide support in a passive way, "Zhilin explained.

According to the expert, this fact shows that in Europe militarily there was a reconstruction: for the first time after the collapse of the USSR, NATO designated the forces that would be used in the event of collisions. Now in the countries of Eastern Europe are located shock complexes under the guise of missile defense and military equipment "just in case". These cars will lead into battle not the Americans, but the Poles, Latvians and Estonians - “cannon fodder” for NATO, the expert stressed.