The first and highest annual exercise of NATO, which will take place on the East flank in order to exert a deterrence in the face 3,000 Spanish military.
Specifically, the exercise, called ‘Steadfast Dart 25’, which will run until February 21 and will be developed in Bulgaria, will prove and train the operational deployment and reinforcement of the elements of the NATO allied reaction force (ARF , for its acronym in English) in Southeast surveillance area of NATO in peacetime.
It will focus on the planning and execution of a multidominium activity prior to a crisis, with the aim of strengthening the allied forces deployed in Romania, Greece and Bulgaria. The Spanish military will be distributed among the four components of the Alliance.
As reported by the Defense General Staff (EMAD), 732 military will participate in the Earth Component (LCC), a reinforced tactical grouping entity unit that will be part of the ARF LCC Brigade, led by the kingdom United. Likewise, 1,400 Spanish military will be deployed in the Maritime Component Command (MCC), an amphibious group with the ‘Juan Carlos I’ as a flagship, with a health support Role 2B embarked.
On the other hand, 40 Spanish military from the Air and Space Army will be deployed with the air component command, to support and advise air control and control. An A400 will be deployed for a limited time, as well as modules of the air deployment support (EADA) and personnel for the management of aeronautical fuels.
The EMAD highlights that it is a “complex and large” deployment, especially for land and special operations units, and not only because of the number of people, but for the amount of material and vehicles.
The units must demonstrate their ability to deploy, be arranged and prepared to move to area and have their combat capabilities ready in the shortest possible time, the EMAD adds in a statement. Behind the planning and execution of this strategic projection is the operations command (Mops).
Spain leads a component of NATO
In addition, the Joint Special Operations Command (MCOE) leads for the first time, from its establishment, the NATO special operations component for two years, after overcoming an intense evaluation of its operational capabilities.
Three allied countries have been designated as a host nation: Greece, which will be used as a landing port of landing and where the maritime component command (MCC) will deploy; Bulgaria, country where the Special Operations Component (SOCC) and part of the Air Component Command will deploy; and Romania, which will be, mainly, the deployment zone of the Earth’s component (LCC) control.
