NATO maneuver “Steadfast Defender”: Alliance rehearses for Russian attack – with Emden playing an important role. Tens of thousands of soldiers from all 31 NATO member states plus Sweden practice raising the alarm after an alliance has occurred.
The major maneuver will therefore last until the end of May. It consists of several smaller individual exercises and is intended to extend from North America to NATO's eastern flank near the Russian border. According to NATO information, a Russian attack on the alliance territory will be rehearsed as an emergency with around 90,000 soldiers.